Pass Summit 2017
It’s about that time of year again when there is a buzz in Seattle in regards to PASS Summit. Many...
2017-10-26
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The SQL Professor
Thank You–#PASSElections
This week has been a whirlwind; as the results came in earlier this week on the election I wanted to...
2017-09-28
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Four PASS Questions–My Take #PASSElections
As part of the campaign material for this years election for Board of Directors; the candidates were asked to answer...
2017-09-19
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Running for the PASS Board of Directors #PASSelections
This year I decided to take “someday” to heart and do something that has been on my mind for awhile...
2017-09-21 (first published: 2017-09-14)
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SQL Saturday Louisville Re-Cap
And like the wind another SQL Saturday Louisville has come and gone. This past weekend seemed to be a huge...
2017-08-09
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SQL Summer Vacation–SentryOne
We are having an extra Louisville SQL Server and Power BI User Group meeting this month due to the SQL...
2017-07-24
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PAC Community Ambassador – SQL Sentry
Last week Aaron Bertrand (b|t) published a post regarding five new PAC Community Ambassadors for SentryOne. I am privileged and...
2017-07-17
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T-SQL Tuesday #92, Lessons Learned The Hard Way
Wow, hard for me to believe it has been a little bit since the last T-SQL Tuesday block party. This...
2017-07-11
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Built My Presentation, Now What?
Over the course of several years, I have given many technical and non-technical presentations. It is fun for me to...
2017-06-07
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QA, Utility Databases, and Job Executions
Sometimes we, as data professionals, have to think outside the box. I know, crazy idea right? Each shop and situation...
2017-04-26
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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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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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