Farewell, Gareth Swanepoel
Not easy to say, Gareth passed away a few days ago. We’d both gotten busy and with Covid added in, we had not caught up in a while. Now,...
2021-01-14
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SQLAndy
Filing the Annual Tax Return for SQLOrlando
Similar to my earlier post on filing the annual report, once a year we have to file a tax return with the IRS. Basically if the revenue is less...
2021-01-10
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Filing the Annual Tax Return for SQLOrlando
Similar to my earlier post on filing the annual report, once a year we have to file a tax return with the IRS. Basically if the revenue is less...
2021-01-10
9 reads
Annual Corporate Report Filing for SQLOrlando
As a Florida corporation we have to file an annual report. Sounds complicated, but for us it’s a five minute task. Here’s the Trello card for the work I...
2021-01-10
23 reads
Annual Corporate Report Filing for SQLOrlando
As a Florida corporation we have to file an annual report. Sounds complicated, but for us it’s a five minute task. Here’s the Trello card for the work I...
2021-01-10
2 reads
Splitting up the Mission of PASS
Following up on Should There Be A Successor to PASS? I have a couple more thoughts. One of the many complaints about PASS over the years was about perceived value....
2021-01-04 (first published: 2020-12-28)
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Splitting up the Mission of PASS
Following up on Should There Be A Successor to PASS? I have a couple more thoughts. One of the many complaints about PASS over the years was about perceived value....
2020-12-28
5 reads
Should There Be A Successor to PASS?
PASS was a big influence on a lot of us and did a lot of good, if never quite as much good as many of us wished. I wish...
2020-12-26
117 reads
The 2021 Plan for SQLOrlando
Over the past couple years we’ve been slowly evolving from a fairly adhoc plan of doing what we did last year to a semi structured plan that was mainly...
2020-12-20
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Some Post-PASS Thoughts on Local User Groups
For all the groups the most immediate need is to rescue what they can of the mailing list stored at PASS.org and to have a new landing page and/or...
2020-12-29 (first published: 2020-12-20)
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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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Your Value from a Conference
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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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