Roundup: Un-SQL #001 – Branding
Hi-ho all, and a wonderful Un-SQL event it’s been! We had at least twenty-six entries!! First, the recap:
While T-SQL Tuesday...
2010-11-23
791 reads
SQL Awesomesauce
Branding, my ass! (Un-SQL Friday 001)
Here is my contribution to my blog party, Un-SQL Friday 001: Branding. Join in the fun, won’t you?
I have a...
2010-11-19
1,002 reads
What’s New in SQL Server “Denali” CTP1
Denali. No, not that one...
How many of you have heard that the Community Technology Preview (CTP1) for the next version...
2010-11-18
733 reads
Un-SQL Friday 001: Branding
In the spirit of T-SQL Tuesday, I hereby declare this Friday Un-SQL Friday. While T-SQL Tuesday is “…the SQL Server...
2010-11-17
605 reads
Inspiration, and the Joy of the Hive Mind
PASS Summit 2010 is over, and we are suffering from the lack of chatter and SQL celebrity sightings. Bloggers are...
2010-11-15
583 reads
PASS Day 3: Keynote Live Blog
I’m live blogging the PASS keynote…it’s 8:44 local time.
Me: Tuesday is #SQLSat shirt day, Wednesday is #sqlkilt day, Thursday is...
2010-11-11
671 reads
SQLPASS Day 2: WIT Luncheon Live Blog
12:42pm local time at the live streamed Women in Technology luncheon…let’s blog. I’ll italicize my comments, to differentiate betwee that...
2010-11-10
1,125 reads
SQLPASS Day 2: Keynote Live Blog
Them's some SEXY DBAs...
I’m live blogging the PASS keynote…it’s 8:44 local time.
Here’s the PASS website description of the day 2 keynote...
2010-11-10
514 reads
SQLPASS Day 1: Keynote Live Blog
Day 1 Keynote Jumps the Shark with Tina Turner Impersonator
I’m live blogging the PASS keynote…it’s 8:38 local time.
You wouldn’t guess...
2010-11-09
761 reads
MERGE Statement Corrected, or, How to Eat Crow in Public
Better pull out the excuse-o-meter
I have no excuse, none whatsoever.
In my T-SQL Brush-Up presentation to the North Texas SQL Server...
2010-11-03
838 reads
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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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Your Value from a Conference
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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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