Larger & Cheap(er?) Monitors
I stopped by Compusa on the way home to pick up a package of blank DVD's and did the 10...
2009-05-18
781 reads
SQLAndy
Notes from the May 14, 2009 Space Coast SQL Server User Group Meeting
I went over last night to do a presentation to the group managed by Bonnie and Lynn. Had 11 in...
2009-05-15
638 reads
Notes from the May 12, 2009 oPASS Meeting
Our most recent meeting was May 12, 2009, and we had 23 attendees. We started off the evening with news...
2009-05-13
580 reads
Book Review: What Got You Here Won't Get You There
I've been reading What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith over the past couple months, and...
2009-05-13
754 reads
Miscellaneous Networking Thoughts
I'm still learning and experimenting on the networking side, thought I'd share a few things I've seen or tried lately....
2009-05-12
625 reads
SSC Comment on PASS Summit and Networking
SQLServerCentral had a press release today about attending the Summit and the networking opportunities, something that I've been blogging about...
2009-05-12
877 reads
PASS Update #10
It's been a slower pace since the last update. Grant and I are working on the publication process for content...
2009-05-12
743 reads
Adios FlyClear
Last year I wrote about signing up for Clear, a registered traveler program. I've flown enough to make it useful...
2009-05-10
582 reads
Book Review: Patriot Acts
Fiction review this week. I recently read Patriot Acts by Greg Rucka, the continuation of the story that started in...
2009-05-07
279 reads
Book Review: SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled
I'm just finishing up SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled by Grant Fritchey and Sajal Dam and overall I've...
2009-05-07
485 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...
Forums
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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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