SQLSaturday #13 in Atlanta on April 25, 2009
I've been busy with other projects and haven't had time to focus as much as I'd like on my SQLSaturday...
2009-02-05
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SQLAndy
PASS Update #4
Last week I posted Update #3 that discussed my first board meeting, but I didn't have time to cover my...
2009-02-05
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Reminder: South Florida Code Camp is February 7, 2009
The fifth annual South Florida Code Camp is coming up this Saturday, Feb 7, 2009, at Devry University, 2300 SW...
2009-02-04
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Business Budgets at the Department Level
If you're thinking about taking a job as a manager there are two questions that will help you quickly understand...
2009-02-04
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Making Ginger Ale
Probably further off topic than usual, but you may find interesting anyway. I'm a fan of Alton Brown on Good...
2009-02-03
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Speaking at Community Events - Time to Raise the Bar?
If you're organizing a first time community event like SQLSaturday finding speakers is one of about a hundred tasks, so...
2009-02-01
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Event Reminder - South Florida Code Camp is February 7, 2009
The fifth annual South Florida Code Camp is being held on Feb 7th. They've got a huge schedule of sessions,...
2009-01-29
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Ruthless Focus - An Addendum
Forgot I had this, a friend had sent it to a while back as something I might blog about. Mike...
2009-01-28
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PASS Update #3
It's been busy since my last update, lots of stuff to work on! I probably won't get it all in...
2009-01-28
1,428 reads
Ruthless Focus - A Different Type of Time Management Philosophy
If you could list all the reasons I work, the number one reason would be to support my family. My...
2009-01-27
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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
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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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