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Crocs and Naps….

I was planning a blog post for a TSQL2sday..instead would up writing an obituary blog post for a dear friend who passed on yesterday. Brian Moran was among the...

2021-07-23 (first published: )

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Data dictionary script

I restarted speaking with New Stars of Data today – I gave a talk on Database documentation. Below is the script I created to pull metadata into an excel...

2021-03-16 (first published: )

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Old but not gone…

I am part of a weekly talk show we run at the TriPASS user group, called ‘Shop Talk’. Shop Talk was the brainchild of Kevin Feasel, our key user...

2021-02-25 (first published: )

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Resetting on the AI hype train

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There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...

A New Word: Etherness

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etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...

Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System

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A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...

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The Microsoft SQL Year in Review

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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator

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Your Value from a Conference

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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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