A Small Collection of SQL Azure Queries
We have been doing some more work with SQL Azure lately, so I have put together a small collection of...
2011-03-11
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Glenn Berry
SQL Server Videos on Channel 9 From Microsoft
Here is a collection of 13 short (less than 10 minutes each) videos about improvements in SQL Server Denali, and...
2011-03-09
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Las Vegas SQL Server User’s Group Presentation on March 10
I will be giving a virtual presentation via LiveMeeting on March 10, 2011. The S3OLV User Group meeting starts at...
2011-03-09
644 reads
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Released
Microsoft has released the RTM version of Visual Studio 2010 SP1, which is available on the MSDN Subscribers web site.
Microsoft’s...
2011-03-08
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March 2011 Version of SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Diagnostic Queries
Another month, and another new version of my SQL Server Diagnostic Information queries for both SQL Server 2005 and SQL...
2011-03-08
648 reads
SQL Server Hardware Selection Presentation from Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta
I just wanted to post a link to my presentation on Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP...
2011-03-05
510 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 6 Released
Microsoft actually released SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Update 6 on February 21, 2011, so I am a little late...
2011-03-01
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Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta on March 5
I will be attending and speaking at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta in downtown Denver on March 5, 2011. This...
2011-03-01
497 reads
Don’t Be Afraid of Windows Failover Clustering!
One of the more exciting features in SQL Server code-named “Denali” (which is the current official name for the next...
2011-02-28
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Some Suggested SQL Server 2008 R2 Instance Configuration Settings
Depending on your anticipated workload and which SQL Server components you have installed, there are a number of instance level...
2011-02-25
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Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
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...
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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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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