PASS 2008 Day 2 (Tuesday)
I spent most of yesterday in the PASS volunteer training. It's not really training, more of a gathering of volunteers...
2008-11-19
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SQLAndy
PASS 2008 - Day 1 (Mon)
Fairly easy day, up at 5 am for an 8:15 am flight to Seattle via Detroit, arrived about 2:30 pm...
2008-11-17
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Why I Want To Be On The PASS Board
This is what I provided to the nominating committee today. I think I could have worked on this for weeks...
2008-11-16
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Pass Board of Directors Part 6
More updates from the nominating committee:
"As a PASS-slated candidate, we would like to promote you and your vision and experience...
2008-11-16
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PASS Board of Directors Part 5
Looks like I'm still in the game! Just received word from Kevin Kline (Past PASS President). Here are the candidates:
Andy...
2008-11-14
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Google Blogs & Images
I'm using a Goggle blog for another project and overall it works fine, no complaints. I've also switched to using...
2008-11-13
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SQLSaturday #6 - Canceled
Just heard back from Allen White, due to his schedule and minimal success creating a true team effort plans for...
2008-11-12
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Latest Orlando User Group Meeting & Assorted Attendees
We had our meeting on November 11, 2008, with 27 people attending. Our featured speaker was Jessica Moss, SQL MVP...
2008-11-12
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Two Mistakes
I don't typically do Internet chain mail, but Brian Kelley mentioned me in his post on his two mistakes and...
2008-11-11
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PASS Board of Directors Part 4
I'm going to share what I can from the interview, but I'm going to have to be a little less...
2008-11-10
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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
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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