Pass 2015 – First Impressions
It’s Pass 2015 this week and I’m attending (seriously I’m unbelievably chuffed)! As they’ll be a shedload of blogs about...
2015-10-27
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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
Pass 2015 – First Impressions
It’s Pass 2015 this week and I’m attending (seriously I’m unbelievably chuffed)! As they’ll be a shedload of blogs about...
2015-10-27
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Where is my data stored?
Tables within SQL Server can contain a maximum of 8060 bytes per row. However even though columns are limited to...
2015-09-21
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Where is my data stored?
Tables within SQL Server can contain a maximum of 8060 bytes per row. However even though columns are limited to...
2015-09-21
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The Database Corruption Challenge
For the last ten weeks Steve Stedmen (blog | twitter) has been running a database corruption challenge. The final challenge closes...
2015-07-20
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The Database Corruption Challenge
For the last ten weeks Steve Stedmen (blog | twitter) has been running a database corruption challenge. The final challenge closes...
2015-07-20
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SQL Server 2016 – Stretch Databases
One of the features I’ve been interested in that’s coming with SQL Server 2016 is the stretched database. The ability...
2015-06-25 (first published: 2015-06-15)
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SQL Server 2016 – Stretch Databases
One of the feature I’ve been interested in that’s coming with SQL Server 2016 is the stretched database. The ability...
2015-06-15
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SQL Server 2016 features I’m interested in
Microsoft announced this month what features/improvements will be in the next version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2016. You can...
2015-05-26
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SQL Server 2016 features I’m interested in
Microsoft announced this month what features/improvements will be in the next version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2016. You can...
2015-05-26
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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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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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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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