Presenting Two Sessions at PASS Summit 2011
I found out earlier this week that I was fortunate enough to have my half day session on “Scaling SQL...
2011-06-19
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Glenn Berry
Three New TPC-E Submissions
I just noticed three very recent new TPC-E Benchmark Submissions that I thought were quite interesting. As I have written...
2011-06-15
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Moving On To New Challenges
After nearly five and half years, I left NewsGator Technologies for a new position as a Database Architect at Avalara,...
2011-06-13
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June 2011 Version of SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Queries
Since it is June, I thought it was time to update my SQL Server 2008 (and 2008 R2) Diagnostic Information...
2011-06-02
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PASS Announces Pre-conference and Spotlight Sessions for PASS 2011 Summit
Today, PASS announced the Pre-conference and Spotlight Sessions for the PASS Summit 2011 in Seattle, which will run from October...
2011-06-01
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Presentation Deck For Hardware 201 at Denver SQL Server User’s Group on May 19, 2011
I got the chance to give an updated version of Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP Performance...
2011-05-20
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SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU14 and SQL Server 2008 SP2 CU4 Released
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 SP1 and SQL Server 2008 SP2. The first one...
2011-05-17
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Presenting at Denver SQL Server User’s Group on May 19
I will be giving the main presentation at this month’s meeting of the Denver SQL Server User’s Group on May...
2011-05-17
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May 2011 SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
Since we are in the middle of May 2011, I thought was was time to update my SQL Server 2008...
2011-05-16
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PASS Summit 2011 Session Preference Survey
PASS has added a new feature to the session selection process for the PASS Summit 2011, which they are calling...
2011-05-11
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Blogs
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
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...
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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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