Webcast “Performance Impacts of User Defined Functions” This Week with Pragmatic Works
Functions might seem to be the answer to all of your desires to consolidate code, and at times they could...
2013-02-25
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StrateSQL
Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #21
Every day, I link out a few blogs posts and articles that I’ve read or used from across the internet....
2013-02-25
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Reblog: February 15 to February 21
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-02-22
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Five Virtual Labs for the SQL Server 2012 DBA
Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a chance to try out the features of SQL Server? Maybe give them...
2013-03-01 (first published: 2013-02-21)
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Presentation Materials “What Are You Waiting For?”
Here are the presentation materials for today’s Pragmatic Works Training on the T’s session What Are You Waiting For – Explanation of...
2013-02-21
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Calculate Bitmasks In PowerShell
Have you ever had to calculate bitmasks on the fly? I have and still do. In this post, I’m going to show...
2013-02-19
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Webcast “Value of Performing Wait Analysis” This Week with Pragmatic Works
Ever have your SQL Server slow down for reasons that you can’t explain? Or did you spend all night tuning...
2013-02-18
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Last Weeks Top 20 “Reading” Links #20
Every day, I link out a few blogs posts and articles that I’ve read or used from across the internet....
2013-02-18
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Reblog: February 8 to February 14
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-02-15
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Start Getting Ready for PASS Summit 2013
Seems so early in the year, but it’s already time to start getting ready for this year’s PASS Summit. There...
2013-02-14
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Blogs
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...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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UNISTR Basics
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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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