SQLSat Planner's Calendar
We just completed our 9th annual SQLSaturday Baton Rouge. In my post-mortem of the event, I've updated and tweaked the...
2017-08-04
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SQL Tact
Twilight TimeZone: Handling Time in Your App Architecture at SQLSaturday Baton Rouge
Thanks to everyone who joined my colleague Steve Schaneville and me for a presentation on date/time data architecture in modern...
2017-07-31
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Change RegisterAllProvidersIP setting on an existing Availability Group
Was working with a client who had an existing Availability Group, but did not have the RegisterAllProvidersIP setting enabled on...
2017-08-17 (first published: 2017-07-30)
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SQLSaturday Baton Rouge at LSU on July 29
The big finale to our SQL Summer and the last of the three Gulf South 2017 SQLSat events, our 9th...
2017-07-19
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Celebrate Your Independence with Free Tools
Been working on this blog post for a while, thought I'd share today an inventory of tools I use regularly...
2017-07-04
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SQL Server Permissions and Security Principals on UserGroup.tv
You can now watch my presentation on SQL Server Permissions and Security Principals from SQLSaturday Houston 2017 on UserGroup.tv, a...
2017-06-30
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A Big July Planned in Baton Rouge
Three big events planned in Baton Rouge this year that everyone can be a part of:
User Groups Networking Night at...
2017-06-23
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Registrant Job Title Data from SQLSaturday Baton Rouge events 2014-2016
In a blog post on the Sparkhound website, I laid out the strong case for a sponsor's Return on Investment...
2017-06-29 (first published: 2017-06-21)
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Great to see you at SQLSaturday Houston 2017
Great to see all of you at #SQLSatHouston today, an awesome event put on by a great crew of volunteers....
2017-06-17
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SQLSaturday Houston 2017 - I'll be there, will you?
Looking forward to combining a work trip with a SQLSaturday trip to Houston this week!
Will be happy to see the...
2017-06-12
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Blogs
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...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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UNISTR Basics
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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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