Friday Reading 2017-01-26
Is it really still January? It seems like this month is dragging on a bit. Anyway, this week I’ve been...
2017-01-27
392 reads
The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
Transaction log shipping in SQL Server on Linux
SQL Server on Linux has been out for a bit now and I’ve played around a little (see here) but...
2017-01-30 (first published: 2017-01-25)
2,084 reads
Monday Coffee 2017-01-23
I like to think of myself as a fairly hardworking, motivated person. However I recently met someone who regularly gets...
2017-01-23
302 reads
Friday Reading 2017-01-20
Been an interesting week! My site has had the most views ever (so chuffed) and during all that I’ve been...
2017-01-20
518 reads
The two types of IT worker
Last week I published this post about something a colleague noticed when playing around with a SQL Server instance running...
2017-01-20 (first published: 2017-01-17)
2,868 reads
Monday Coffee 2017-01-16
I’ve been a scribbler for as long as I can remember, in fact I’m not sure that I write everything...
2017-01-16
336 reads
Friday Reading 2017-01-13
Ahh, is it really Friday the 13th?!! So before Jason gets me, I’ll be reading…
A whole day of PowerShell & SQL
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2017-01-13
336 reads
Killing databases in SQL Server on Linux
Bit of fun this week with something that a colleague of mine noticed when playing around with SQL Server on...
2017-01-11
1,006 reads
Monday Coffee 2017-01-09
I’m almost back into the swing of things now after the Xmas break, that holiday feeling has just about left...
2017-01-09
381 reads
Friday Reading 2017-01-06
Happy New Year to all of you out there! I know, I know it’s a week late but hey I’ve...
2017-01-06
336 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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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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