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
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SQL In The Wild
Upcoming conferences
It’s shaping up to a busy year for conferences, well busy by my standards that is. While I’m unfortunately missing SQLBits, I’ll still be getting a chance to enjoy...
2016-04-26
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SQL 2016 features: Stretch Database
Stretch database allows for a table to span an ‘earthed’ SQL Server instance and an Azure SQL Database. It allows...
2016-04-29 (first published: 2016-04-19)
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SQL 2016 features: Stretch Database
Stretch database allows for a table to span an ‘earthed’ SQL Server instance and an Azure SQL Database. It allows...
2016-04-19
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SQL 2016 features: Stretch Database
Stretch database allows for a table to span an ‘earthed’ SQL Server instance and an Azure SQL Database. It allows for parts (or all) of a table, presumably older,...
2016-04-19
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SQL Server 2016 features: Live query statistics
Ever wanted to look at a query’s actual execution plan (execution plan with runtime information) without waiting for the query...
2016-04-12
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SQL Server 2016 features: Live query statistics
Ever wanted to look at a query’s actual execution plan (execution plan with runtime information) without waiting for the query...
2016-04-12
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SQL Server 2016 features: Query Store
Given that SQL Server 2016 is coming ‘real soon now’, it’s probably well past time that I write up some...
2016-03-29
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SQL Server 2016 features: Query Store
Given that SQL Server 2016 is coming ‘real soon now’, it’s probably well past time that I write up some...
2016-03-29
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Monitoring wait stats
This post, like last week’s, is based off the presentation I did to the DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter.
The request was...
2016-03-02 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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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...
Forums
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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