Helping Database Administrators
Let’s be honest. Database administration is not all that tough. Set up your backups. Test them. Get consistency checks on...
2013-06-07 (first published: 2013-06-04)
1,764 reads
The Scary DBA
Using PowerShell to move files to Azure Storage
I was searching all over the place to try to find out how to move files into Azure Storage. Most...
2013-06-03
2,372 reads
Microsoft Teched 2013 Keynote
Welcome to Teched 2013
We’re starting off with some type of James Bond video. Chase scene with a really cool car....
2013-06-03
872 reads
Painting the US Red
We are bringing Red Gate, through the free SQL in the City event, to the United States again this year.
This...
2013-05-29
816 reads
SMO vs Invoke-Sqlcmd in Azure
I’m working on a series of Powershell scripts for the pre-conference seminars on Windows Azure SQL Database that I’m going to be...
2013-05-28
1,069 reads
A Little Azure Fun on Friday
You know how we’ve always heard that sp_msforeachtable and other similar undocumented functions may not be supported in future versions...
2013-05-24
725 reads
PASS Summit 2013 is Looking Cloudy
No, this isn’t some complaint about PASS or the Summit. This is an announcement that not only will I be...
2013-05-22
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Microsoft Lync Through the Web
Get an invite to a Microsoft meeting? Are they using the new Lync interface? And, you don’t have a paid...
2013-05-21
781 reads
Azure does Powershell too
Or, I guess it might be more appropriate to say that Powershell does Azure. Regardless, there are a set of...
2013-05-23 (first published: 2013-05-20)
1,934 reads
Book Review: Business in the Trenches
I’m trying to improve.
That’s at just about everything too. I know I don’t know enough or have enough skills to...
2013-05-09
732 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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