Defensive Db Programming Chapter 02
This is the review of the second chapter of the book Defensive Database Programming. The title of this chapter is...
2010-07-15
1,822 reads
SQL RNNR
Gettin’ Skewled
Observe and Report
This month we get to frolic in our memories of school days. Thanks to HeadMaster Robert Davis (Blog...
2010-07-13
789 reads
TSQL 2sday Coming Up
TSQL Tuesday is fast upon us once again. In fact, in my time zone, it is just a day away.
This...
2010-07-12
579 reads
S3OLV July Recap
This month we had our first adventure in LiveMeeting presentations. We had the pleasure of listening to Jack Corbett give...
2010-07-12
429 reads
July SSSOLV UG Meeting
This is really late notice – apologies in advance.
We will be holding the LV UG meeting July 8th at the same...
2010-07-07
566 reads
SQL 2008 DTS
It’s a Bird…
No, not really. It’s just Windows 7. I have recently upgraded to Windows 7. I took the roundabout...
2010-07-07
3,421 reads
Q2 Goal Review
As we close out the Second Quarter of 2010 it is time to review progress made on the Goals I...
2010-07-06
521 reads
Who2 Article Published
I just had my second article published on June 14, 2010 at SQLServerCentral. I will be posting a follow-up to...
2010-06-22
992 reads
Declare Scalar Variable
Lately I have been going through a bunch of maintenance style scripts and fixing them. Along with fixing them, I...
2010-06-22
829 reads
24 HOP Available
Just a quick note. PASS has made the 24 Hours of PASS available via streaming video. You can check it...
2010-06-16
465 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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