Books of 2016
I set myself a reading goal of 75 books for last year, and managed 73. I’m not overly happy about...
2017-01-03
500 reads
SQL In The Wild
Books of 2016
I set myself a reading goal of 75 books for last year, and managed 73. I’m not overly happy about...
2017-01-03
162 reads
Books of 2016
I set myself a reading goal of 75 books for last year, and managed 73. I’m not overly happy about that, there were months where I barely managed to...
2017-01-03
3 reads
What is a SARGable predicate?
‘SARGable’ is a weird term. It gets bandied around a lot when talking about indexes and whether queries can seek...
2016-09-13
1,596 reads
What is a SARGable predicate?
‘SARGable’ is a weird term. It gets bandied around a lot when talking about indexes and whether queries can seek...
2016-09-13
174 reads
What is a SARGable predicate?
‘SARGable’ is a weird term. It gets bandied around a lot when talking about indexes and whether queries can seek on indexes. The term’s an abbreviation, ‘SARG’ stands for...
2016-09-13
7 reads
SQL Server 2016 features: R services
One of the more interesting features in SQL 2016 is the integration of the R language.
For those who haven’t seen...
2016-05-24
732 reads
SQL Server 2016 features: R services
One of the more interesting features in SQL 2016 is the integration of the R language.
For those who haven’t seen...
2016-05-24
227 reads
SQL Server 2016 features: R services
One of the more interesting features in SQL 2016 is the integration of the R language. For those who haven’t seen it before, R is a statistical and data...
2016-05-24
10 reads
Upcoming conferences
It’s shaping up to a busy year for conferences, well busy by my standards that is. While I’m unfortunately missing...
2016-04-26
866 reads
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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