Speaking at the SQL PASS Summit 2014
The SQL PASSSummit 2014community sessions were recently released. I’m very pleased and honored to announce that I will be presenting a...
2014-06-30
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Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek
Final Summer Precon for Me – Portland Maine
This coming weekend is the SQL Saturday #293 in Portland, Maine with my precon on Friday. I am really looking forward to attending...
2014-06-25
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VMware vSphere 5.5U1 NFS APD Patch Released
If you are running VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 1 and are using NFS-connected storage, update your hosts ASAP (test first,...
2014-06-12
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Upcoming SQL Saturdays & Precons
This coming weekend is the SQL Saturday #307 in Iowa City, Iowa. I am really looking forward to attending this event...
2014-06-04
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Boost the performance of the VMware vSphere Web Client
Ever since it was released, the vSphere Web Client is not the most responsive of web GUIs. After some digging,...
2014-05-12
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Recent Event Recap
These last few weeks have been quite a blur of projects, travel, and end-user training, and I’m enjoying every bit...
2014-05-08
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VMworld 2014 Session Voting Is Open!
I can’t believe it’s that time of year again. VMware has opened up the public voting for the VMworld 2014...
2014-05-06
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Webinar – Easy SQL Server Benchmarking
On Thursday, May 1st, I will be presenting a new webcast with Tegile Systems entitled “Easy SQL Server Benchmarking”.
Abstract: Do you have a new piece of...
2014-04-30 (first published: 2014-04-21)
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SQL Saturday Chicago
My company, Heraflux Technologies is proud to partner with Yucca Group to sponsor this year’s SQL Saturday Chicago, a free...
2014-04-16
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Smart Moves with SQL Server VMs – Data Movement
Today marks another installment in my ‘Smart Moves with SQL Server VMs’ blog post series. Today we are going to...
2014-04-10
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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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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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