Blogger Questions: What should I blog about?
Over the last four years I’ve blogged almost 400 times. It’s become a refuge, a resource, a source of pride,...
2016-07-25
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SQLStudies
Want to be able to read your database between restores?
When restoring a database there are times when it would nice to restore a bit, check what’s been restored so...
2016-07-20
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Is the network your last performance bottleneck?
Let’s say your company relies on the cloud for its servers (or maybe not, on premise networks have more options...
2016-07-18
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Altering a column in a large table: A case study
Fair warning, this is a discussion piece. I had a task, I went through several possibilities and I’m going to...
2016-07-14
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Default database file sizes
It’s Chris Yates (b/t) birthday! (I think he just tured 19.) And in honor of his birthday we are writing...
2016-07-12
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Zilch to Speaker: 2016 Summit Abstract Reviews
Steve Jones (b/t) has been asking people to post their Pass Summit submissions and the reviews that came back, along...
2016-07-07
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Phantom SSIS Changes
That SSIS change just won’t stick! There is a new business requirement, so now you have to change an existing...
2016-07-05
993 reads
Finding, disabling and enabling foreign keys
Foreign keys are a classic method of enforcing RI (Referential Integrity). Unfortunately though, they can get in the way if...
2016-07-11 (first published: 2016-06-29)
1,956 reads
Perfectly Placed Parentheses
Like many other programming languages T-SQL uses parentheses () for a number of tasks. To help determine precedence, function calls etc....
2016-07-05 (first published: 2016-06-27)
2,825 reads
Database snapshots
This feature is Enterprise only which can limit who it is useful to, but I find the whole concept fascinating....
2016-06-22
499 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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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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