Call It a Day, or a Day Minus 2 Milliseconds
There's one report that I look at every day to assess how things are going on a project we launched...
2008-12-21
601 reads
SQLAndy
A Week of Books - Part 5
Last and not least this week, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. This is an authorized biography...
2008-12-18
704 reads
Evaluate Jack Corbetts Blog
My friend Jack has been blogging for almost a year now and is looking for feedback. If you're a blogger...
2008-12-18
595 reads
A Week of Books - Part 4
Magazines today instead of books, but hopefully you'll count that as close enough to my theme of the week. I...
2008-12-17
539 reads
A Week of Books - Part 3
I'm still finishing up two books that I'll mention today. Most non-technical books I read straight through, anything technical/learning based...
2008-12-17
540 reads
A Week of Books - Part 2
I'm just finishing up Boards At Work which talks about how a good board of directors can make a big...
2008-12-15
569 reads
A Week of Books - Part 1
I've been catching up on reading over the last month and I feel like taking a break from things technical/community/etc...
2008-12-15
655 reads
PASS Presentation Evaluation Results
Just as I did last year I'm posting my evaluation scores for review. I co-presented with Steve Jones a session...
2008-12-15
803 reads
Calories Burned During Sex
Ah, if you're reading this aren't you the curious one! I ran across the link below a while back and...
2008-12-11
640 reads
You're Not Dumb...And Neither am I
One of the things I'm not fond of is self-deprecation. Smacking yourself on the forehead when you screw up a...
2008-12-10
528 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...
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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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