Seeking Full Day Seminars For The Friday Before SQLSaturday Orlando 2015
We’re planning to run one or two (or maybe even three) seminars (aka pre-cons) in conjunction with SQLSaturday Orlando 2015....
2015-06-24
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SQLAndy
Use 100% Fill Factor on Insert Only Tables
SQL Server has the concept of fill factor for leaving extra space in pages to reduce the number of page...
2015-06-24
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SSC Editorial: Sweat Files and Practice Projects
Published last week on SQLServerCentral, Sweat Files and Practice Projects is about the need/lack of packaged projects that a newbie...
2015-06-23
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Notes from the June 17, 2015 MagicPASS Meeting
Notes:
Kendal has been doing an exam push focused on 70-461. A couple passed so far, a couple more tried and...
2015-06-18
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Presenting at the Space Coast SQL Group on August 13, 2015
I’m heading to the coast on August 13, 2015 to talk about database corruption, SQLSaturday Orlando, and the possibility of...
2015-06-17
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Presenting at the Jacksonville SQL Group on September 16, 2015
I’ll be driving up to speak to the Jacksonville SQL group on September 16, 2015 on database corruption. Meeting starts...
2015-06-17
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Publicizing Mistakes
I was reading Our Journey to Cloud Cadence, Lessons Learned at Microsoft Developer Division and saw this bit on transparency:
“No incident is...
2015-06-16
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Working With Sponsors
Apologies for the poor photo, the example was trampled a bit on the journey home! This past weekend at SQLSaturday...
2015-06-15
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Marketing Materials for PASS Chapters
I brought this back with me from SQLSaturday South Florida. It’s postcard sized and laminated, and information dense in a...
2015-06-15
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Notes From SQLSaturday #379
Notes from the trip:
Made the trip down without stopping and without getting stuck in traffic – a first!Attended speaker dinner on...
2015-06-15
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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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The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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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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