Power BI in SSRS – T-SQL Tuesday
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly event where SQL Server bloggers write a post based on a subject chosen by the...
2017-02-21 (first published: 2017-02-14)
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The Database Avenger
GitLab for SQL Server Projects
This is the seventh part in the series: SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This post demonstrates the use of GitLab to build...
2017-02-06 (first published: 2017-02-02)
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Forcing Parallelism – T-SQL Tuesday
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly event where SQL Server bloggers write a post based on a subject chosen by the...
2017-01-09
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ReadyRoll Development
This is the sixth part in the series: SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This post will illustrate the power of ReadyRoll when...
2017-01-03 (first published: 2016-12-23)
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Restoring a SQL Server backup on Linux
Last Wednesday I got very excited by Microsoft’s announcements about the addition of features to standard edition and the public preview...
2016-11-23
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SQL Server on Ubuntu
They finally did it! Finally SQL Server for Linux was announced. I’ve been waiting for this for quite a while, so...
2016-11-16
1,057 reads
Starting a ReadyRoll Project
This is part 5 in the series named SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This post will cover the steps I follow...
2016-10-26
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ReadyRoll for Database Deployments
This is the 4th post in the series named SQL Server and Continuous Integration. The first 3 posts covered the need...
2016-10-03 (first published: 2016-09-21)
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The Non-Replicated Backup Mystery
I recently configured a backup job to run on the principal server of a mirrored pair. The idea was to backup...
2016-09-08 (first published: 2016-09-05)
2,110 reads
Visual Studio Basics for use with ReadyRoll
This is the 3rd post in the series: SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This time I’ll cover the prerequisites of using ReadyRoll...
2016-08-16
788 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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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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