T-SQL for Performance and Accuracy – Vern Rabe: A preconference essential for anyone using SQL Server
SQL Saturday Preconference: February 9th, 2018 in Redmond, WA Do you think you write T-SQL queries that perform well? Think...
2018-01-11
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SQL Server BI Blog
Interview with Guy In A Cube’s Adam Saxton and Patrick Leblanc
Since starting the Guy In A Cube series over three years ago, Adam Saxton has become the front man for...
2017-12-20
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Enterprise Analysis Services Development: Interview with Alberto Ferrari and Marco Russo
Between sessions at the PASS Summit, I had the privilege of interviewing Alberto Ferrari and Marco Russo; SSAS Maestros and...
2017-12-03
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Power BI Hands-On Workshops in April, 2017
During the month of April, I will be delivering three full-day Power BI hands-On workshops. Each of these events will...
2017-03-02
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI 2017 Top 3 Rankings
This is a different spin on the top three vendor rankings visualized in Power BI. According to the placement of...
2017-02-17
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Professional SSRS 2016 Book Preview Posts
This page is a table of contents for for several new and forthcoming posts. I’m posting a series of excerpts...
2017-01-22
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Publish Power BI Reports to SSRS On-premise Preview Now Available
This just in from the Reporting Services product team: “Power BI reports in SQL Server Reporting Services: January 2017 Technical...
2017-01-17
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Power BI on-Premises Production Targeted for Mid 2017
NEWS FLASH: Power BI reports can be deployed to SQL Server Reporting Services web portal. The production-ready release is targeted...
2016-12-16
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Analysis Services and Power BI: Time-travel, Space-warping and Teleportation
As I visit businesses, consulting clients and training classes, to teach data reporting and analytics; there is a recurring conversation. ...
2016-12-28 (first published: 2016-12-10)
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Migrating reports between SSRS report servers simplified with new PowerShell commands
I recently needed to replicate all of the reports on one report server to a different server. I started downloading...
2016-12-04
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Blogs
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...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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UNISTR Basics
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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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