$10 to Support Wikipedia Too
I just donated $10 to Wikipedia. I use it and find it useful, so I don’t mind contributing so that...
2015-12-22
564 reads
SQLAndy
Immunizations – Not Just for Kids
It’s the ‘get your flu shot’ time of the year, which is also a good time to review your immunizations....
2015-12-22
638 reads
Thanks to Rodney & Karla
Sometime in the next couple weeks Rodney & Karla Landrum are moving from Orlando to Pensacola (home). I’m happy for them...
2015-12-21
620 reads
Advent of Code Contest
I saw the post from Steve Jones about the Advent of Code contest and decided to take a look. The first...
2015-12-18
652 reads
Supporting Khan Academy
Khan Academy is doing a fund raiser and I just donated $10 to help out – my kids have easily gotten...
2015-12-15 (first published: 2015-12-14)
1,734 reads
SQLSaturday Message Templates – Copy From Other Events
For those of you with access to the SQLSaturday admin site (used by event leaders) one of the things you...
2015-12-10
595 reads
The Hour of Code 2015
This year I was interested to see that they did the Hour of Code in the elementary school my daughter...
2015-12-10
629 reads
New Vacancy on the PASS Board
Last week James Rowland-Jones announced that he would be resigning from the PASS Board to accept a position with Microsoft....
2015-12-11 (first published: 2015-12-07)
1,535 reads
Speaking at SQLSaturday Nashville in January 2016
I’m starting the new year with a trip to Nashville for SQLSaturday #480 to do presentation on automating restores. New topic,...
2015-12-03
565 reads
Question of the Day: Check, Please
This one is live today, it’s about Powershell and restoring databases, based on some scripting I had been working on....
2015-12-03
557 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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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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