The Selection Process
According to this post from Amy Lewis (PASS Board of Directors) there were 943 abstracts submitted for the 2014 PASS...
2014-07-02
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SQLAndy
The Case Of the Downward Pointing Arrow-Question of the Day
The Case Of the Downward Pointing Arrow is written as an abbreviated mystery, Sherlock Holmes style. Had to laugh at...
2014-07-02
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Above Reproach
It’s been a busy few weeks in the world of PASS, lots of good conversations that I’ve followed with interest,...
2014-07-02
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Speaking at ONETUG on July 10, 2014
I’ll be presenting SQL Server Performance for Developers to the members of the Orlando .Net User Group (ONETUG) on July...
2014-07-02
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A Deeply Planted Seed-Question of the Day
Another trivia question today, this one about figuring out which of the options provided has a particular negative identity seed....
2014-07-01
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SSC Editorial: The Product Centric Career
The Product Centric Career is my latest editorial for SQLServerCentral, this one from the perspective of my own career and...
2014-06-30
1,150 reads
Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 21
Been busy the past week, not as much time on this as I’d have liked:
Received the “retro” flyer with the...
2014-06-27
1,135 reads
What is 268435456?
What is 268435456? is the Friday question of the day. It’s a trivia question, but maybe an interesting one for...
2014-06-27
1,323 reads
The Great Escape-Question of The Day
The Great Escape is the question today, one I think you will like because…it’s about LIKE! It’s a head scratcher....
2014-06-25
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Speaking at the 2014 PASS Summit
Finally the email we’d all been waiting for arrived yesterday, the results of session selection for the 2014 PASS Summit....
2014-06-25
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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...
Forums
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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