Discount Code For SSWUG Ultimate Virtual Conference
If you are interested in watching some high quality SQL Server content from the comfort and convenience of your own...
2010-09-03
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Glenn Berry
How Old Are Your Database Statistics?
Unlike fine wine, database statistics do not improve with age. I recently helped out with a client who was having...
2010-08-30
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Hardware Performance Research
I am trying to gather some information about some of the newer Intel and AMD processors as part of my...
2010-08-30
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Queries from SQL Saturday #51 Nashville
Here are the diagnostic queries that I ran during my presentation at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville on August 21,...
2010-08-24
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DMV Emergency Queries From SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville
I wanted to post the first T-SQL script from my DMV Emergency Room presentation on August 21 in Nashville. This...
2010-08-23
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Estimating Data Compression Savings in SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
Since I finished upgrading the last of my Production environment to SQL Server 2008 R2 running on Windows Server 2008...
2010-08-23
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Fall Speaking Schedule
I just got back from speaking at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville, which was a lot of fun. I’ll write...
2010-08-23
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SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) Available
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM, which is Build 10.50.1734. I count 29 fixes...
2010-08-17
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SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 11 (CU11) Available
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 11 for SQL Server 2005 SP3, which is Build 9.0.4309. There are only four fixes...
2010-08-17
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Proper Usage of MAXDOP Setting When Compressing Indexes in SQL Server 2008/2008 R2
I am a pretty big fan of SQL Server Data Compression, especially the enhanced version found in SQL Server 2008...
2010-08-17
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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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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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