The Curse of Relational Databases
Let’s face it, none of Information Technology is easy. Oh yeah, there are those few geniuses that have an absolute...
2014-06-23 (first published: 2014-06-18)
5,165 reads
The Scary DBA
Natively Compiled Procedures and Bad Execution Plans
I’ve been exploring how natively compiled procedures are portrayed within execution plans. There have been two previous posts on the...
2014-06-17
1,349 reads
Differences In Native Compiled Procedures Execution Plans
All the wonderful functionality that in-memory tables and natively compiled procedures provide in SQL Server 2014 is pretty cool. But,...
2014-06-13 (first published: 2014-06-10)
2,056 reads
Speaker of the Month, June 2014
It’s not like I can’t find plenty of great presentations here in the US, but, while I was over in...
2014-06-06
750 reads
Natively Compiled Procedures and Execution Plans
The combination of in-memory tables and natively compiled procedures in SQL Server 2014 makes for some seriously screaming fast performance....
2014-06-05
1,360 reads
Add an Instance to SQL Server Azure Virtual Machine
How do you add an instance to your local SQL Server installation? You run the executable that you probably downloaded...
2014-05-19 (first published: 2014-05-13)
1,477 reads
Carolina Cruise
I’m going to speak at three user groups in three days in North and South Carolina. Evidently this is known...
2014-05-09
491 reads
Speaker of the Month, May 2014
Whoa! Another month gone by already? I guess I better pick a speaker of the month then. I went to...
2014-05-02
1,190 reads
Azure Automation
I introduced Azure Automation in a previous post. I’ve spent some more time exploring it.
There’s a set of documentation available...
2014-04-23
1,377 reads
I Am Better Than You
That is a patently false statement and total BS. It sure does crawl up your spine though doesn’t it? Why...
2014-04-22
932 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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