SQL Cruise 2017 – Western Carribean – my experience
As some readers may know, I am a regular attendee on SQL Cruise s for 8 years now. SQLCruise is...
2017-02-19
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Mala's Data Blog
My Epic Life Quest
I have always maintained a private bucket list. I have not had the courage to actually put it down in...
2017-01-13 (first published: 2017-01-02)
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2016 – A Year to remember
2016 has undoubtedly been a landmark year in my life. To me it marked my first conscious entry into mid...
2016-12-31
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Multivariate Variable Analysis using R
So far I’ve worked on simple analytical techniques using one or two variables in a dataset. This article is a...
2016-12-05
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Associative Analytics: Two sample T Test
In the previous post we looked at a one way T-Test. A one way T Test helped us determine if...
2016-11-25 (first published: 2016-11-21)
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PASSion Award and what it means to me
2016 is going to be a special year in my life. There was an article on Oscar awards a while...
2016-11-04 (first published: 2016-10-31)
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Days 1,2 and 3 of PASS Summit 2016
Today is Thursday, October 27th already. For some of us the summit begins monday – with precons and PASS Volunteering related meetings...
2016-10-27
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Sending Trevor love…
As some of you may be aware – fellow SQL family member, PASS Director, SQL Server MVP, founder of SQL Cruise...
2016-10-26
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TSQL Tuesday #83 – The Stats update solution
TSQL Tuesday is a monthly blog part hosted by a different blogger every month – it was started by Adam Machanic....
2016-10-11
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11 years of PASS Summit
This is a story of my 11-year association with PASS, and the many ways it helped me grow as a...
2016-09-23
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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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