The ROI of SQLSaturday for PASS & Decreased Event Funding
Returning to the post about Making SQSaturday Sustainable (see also a follow post about addressing concerns) it mentioned two topics...
2016-08-05 (first published: 2016-07-30)
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SQLAndy
The End of the BAC–Why?
In a post titled The Future of the BA Community PASS announced that there would be no Business Analytics conference...
2016-07-30
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600 Miles, Limits, Fears, and Possibilities for SQLSaturday
Last week PASS published some new guidance for SQLSaturday that sets a 600 mile rule (has since been updated, still...
2016-07-28
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SSC Editorial: Should I Stay or Go?
Really late linking to it, Should I Stay or Go is about being more assertive about making the decision to...
2016-07-18
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Karla Set the Standard
Last week Karla Landrum announced that she will be leaving her position as Community Evangelist later this year after five...
2016-07-22 (first published: 2016-07-17)
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GIT Learning Resources
I’ve spent most of my career using VSS and TFS, mainly because that’s what was being used. Better any source...
2016-07-15
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Retrieving the SQL Server License Key
Strangely enough its been a long time since I installed SQL in production. It’s almost always done by someone on...
2016-06-27
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PASS Nominating Committee Update
Today PASS released a bunch of stuff for the upcoming election including the attributes of an “ideal candidate”. We put...
2016-06-22
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Names From the Past
Can you guess what all of these people have in common?
Shawn WeisfeldJoe HealyBarry RalstonTrey JohnsonJon WinerWes DumeyDonnie ReynoldsKevin JacobsJoseph MemmoBrian...
2016-06-22
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SQLSaturday Orlando 2016 Call for Speakers Closes July 17, 2016
We’ve advanced the closing date for the SQLSaturday Orlando call for speakers to July 17. That’s to give us time...
2016-06-22
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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...
Forums
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Your Value from a Conference
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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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