T-SQL Tuesday #74: Be the Change Round-up
Thanks to everybody that participated in this month’s T-SQL Tuesday. A big thanks to everyone who wrote a participating blog...
2016-01-20
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T-SQL Tuesday #74: Ch-ch-changes
Welcome to my contribution for T-SQL Tuesday 74 being hosted by me. So special thanks to me for hosting it....
2016-01-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #74 Invitation: Be the Change
Happy New Year and welcome to another T-SQL Tuesday (number 74 to be exact). This time of the year, everyone...
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Corrupt Temporary Statistics in SQL Server 2014 Readable Replica
Earlier this week, the Database Strategy Team at my company was contacted about queries that were failing on one specific...
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T-SQL Tuesday #73: Never Made That Mistake Again
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly community-wide blogging event created by Adam Machanic (blog|@AdamMachanic), and everyone is invited to particpate. This...
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You Have One Job
I’m sure most if not all of you are familiar with the meme “You had one job”. I was reminded...
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SQLSaturday 461: Join Me For a Full Day of Performance Training in Austin
Join me Friday, January 29, 2016 for a full day of performance tuning training as part of SQLSaturday 461 in...
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PASS Summit 2015 and SQLSaturday Oregon Sessions
PASS Summit 2015 is over and of course, no PASS Summit is complete without also attending SQLSaturday Oregon. Below are...
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So Long Seattle and Thanks for all the Fish!
I’ve had some good times in the Seattle area. I’ve lived in the Seattle are since 1987 and graduated high...
2015-10-25
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New Whitepaper: Deciding Between Merge and Peer-to-Peer Replication
Replication is still a major component of SQL Server today even with Availability Groups as an alternative to certain scenarios....
2015-10-01
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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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