Thoughts On the NomCom Process
We’ve just wrapped up the interviews and I wanted to jot down a few thoughts on what I’ve seen from...
2014-09-15
508 reads
SQLAndy
SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 42
Reg count at 479. Looking very good for hitting 500!First sponsor sent out a geo-targeted message for us, another one...
2014-09-12
632 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 41
Ah, an interesting week for registrations. We’ve jumped to 426 registered, making my goal of 500 doable. The jump is...
2014-09-08
514 reads
SSC Editorial-Titles Matter – Part 2
I wrote Titles Matter – Part 2 based on lessons learned the hard way not long ago. Titles matter because they...
2014-09-05
519 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 40
Last week we were at 332, this morning at about the same time we’re at 356. Not bad for a...
2014-09-02
542 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 39
Registration is 332 as of 8 am on August 26. We added a whopping 40 registrations last week – a very...
2014-08-26
1,063 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 38
I just checked in again on our LinkedIn campaign, had a couple days with good impression counts. We can still...
2014-08-22
479 reads
Odds and Ends To Think About
Got this in morning email from Khan Academy. Not sure if I agree that we all can learn anything, but...
2014-08-22
569 reads
Notes on the August 19, 2014 Pinellas SQL Group Meeting
Busy week, should have blogged about it before the eventDid a remote presentation on securing credit card dataFirst time using...
2014-08-21
487 reads
Reviewing the PASS 2015 Budget
I just spent a few minutes reviewing the 2015 PASS budget, things that I noticed:
Anticipating a change in revenue of...
2014-08-21
730 reads
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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