Writing Fair and Useful Editorial Reviews Is Hard Work
One of my original goals was to be more reporter than editorial writer, but I’ve found that the editorial part...
2014-10-31 (first published: 2014-10-23)
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SQLAndy
Notes From The October 15, 2014 oPASS & MagicPASS Meeting (The Souza-Thon!)
Both groups met at a special joint meeting last night at Nova University, part of Operation Souza. Before I go...
2014-10-16
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Insufficient Space to Create Databases For SCOM 2012 R2
Ran into a minor issue while installing SCOM. The wizard wants to create two databases. The first requires a minimum...
2014-10-16
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PASS Election Results for 2014
The election results were just posted. Congratulations to James Rowland-Jones, Wendy Pastrick, and Grant Fritchey for earning seats on the...
2014-10-15
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Some Thoughts On Running a Chapter
Last week I spent some time after my presentation to Space Coast SQL talking to Kathleen Branch, the chapter leader,...
2014-10-14
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Operation Souza
This Wednesday we’re having a special joint meeting of oPASS and MagicPASS featuring Microsoft GM Mark Souza. For the past...
2014-10-13
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Notes From the October 9, 2014 Space Coast SQL Meeting
Not a bad drive over from Orlando. Only a little traffic, about 80 minutes. I was early enough to have...
2014-10-13
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 49 (Plan Notes)
Introduction
After finishing up six months of managing the marketing for SQLSaturday Orlando I’ve been going back through all my blog...
2014-10-10
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Learning About Journalism
One of my current projects is PASSWatch. Right now it’s mostly aggregation which I think has value, but I hope...
2014-10-08
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Notes on SQLSaturday Admin Tools
Introduction
One of the items I’ve had on my todo list for a while is to write up notes on the...
2014-10-08
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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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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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