SQLSaturday #5 & #6 Update
SQLSaturday #5 in Olympia is progressing nicely. Greg, Russ, and team have locked in a venue and with registration just...
2008-07-11
407 reads
SQLAndy
Vacation Reading - Boyd & Mullane
I did quite a bit of reading during a recent week off including two biographies. One was Boyd: The Fighter...
2008-07-10
389 reads
Employee or 1099, Part 2
A couple weeks back I posted Employee or 1099 and now that my friend Wes Dumey has posted his last installment, I...
2008-07-09
317 reads
Ironkey Personal - Super Secure USB?
Ran across IronKey Personal in PC Magazine and thought some of you might be interested. It has built in encryption,...
2008-07-08
279 reads
Listening on a Non Standard Port
I had a note to myself to write up some notes about listening on a non standard port, but it...
2008-07-07
394 reads
One Year Blog Review
Just over a year ago I decided to start a blog and I put an item on my calendar to...
2008-07-06
355 reads
Celebrating July 4th
I try to limit the number of truly off topic posts I do, but today is a special day in...
2008-07-03
238 reads
INETA Champs Program
My friend Shawn Weiseld posted a note about the new INETA Champs Program. Looks interesting and is a nice step...
2008-07-02
348 reads
Growing New Speakers/How to Go National/PASS Needs a Policy
I commented in an earlier post about the challenges PASS has in trying to select a 100 or so speakers...
2008-07-01
295 reads
Quick and Dirty Code Compare
MS Word 2007 (and probably earlier versions) have the ability to do a basic document compare, useful if you're at...
2008-06-30
1,327 reads
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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