Cleaning up Query Store data after database restore
Query Store is a very powerful tool for performance tuning, if you are not using it already you should!! It...
2018-08-29 (first published: 2018-08-13)
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DBA Mastery
Enable SQLCMD Mode on SSMS
I really like Microsoft philosophy nowadays, they are putting a lot of time developing good open source tools like SQLCLI,...
2018-08-10 (first published: 2018-08-07)
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First time speaker at Denver’s SQL local group
06/21 was the date that marked my career as data professional, for the first time ever I decided to participate as...
2018-08-01
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Is your SQL Server environment ready for GDPR? Part 1
Unless you have been living under a rock lately, you have not heard about GDPR. This has been hot topic...
2018-05-25
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SQL Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability assessment is probably one of the most underrated new security features in SSMS 17. This feature is not new...
2018-05-21
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Reviewing the SQL Server ERROR log
The SQL Server ERROR log is the best source to understand what’s wrong with your SQL Server instance, think this...
2018-05-10
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ITIL certification for DBAs – Part 2
In my previous post I did my best explain a little bit what ITIL is and how important is for...
2018-04-13
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ITIL certification for DBAs – Part 1
In some point of your career as DBA you might have interacted with ITIL or at least your heard about...
2018-04-13
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SQL Saturday #695 Guatemala
This is probably a very delayed post, but I have been really busy lately.
As mentioned in my previous post, I...
2018-03-23
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Speaker at SQL Saturday’s Guatemala city 2018
I’m very thrilled to announce that I will be participating as speaker in this year’s SQL Saturday event in Guatemala city!
Here...
2018-01-04
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Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
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UNISTR Basics
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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