Fixing Broken Pip
I’ve got Python 3.8 on my machine, and recently I got a note that my pip version was old. I tried to upgrade PIP recently with this command: c:python38python.exe...
2020-08-10
463 reads
The Voice of the DBA
Daily Coping 10 Aug 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-08-10
13 reads
Social: Respecting Names
This is a non-technical post, and my opinion. If you don’t want to read it, please ignore future posts with “Social:” at the start of the title. My nickname...
2020-08-07
26 reads
Daily Coping 7 Aug 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-08-07
34 reads
Creating a SQL Clone Agent and a First Image
In a previous post, I set up the SQL Clone server. This is really a metadata store and web front end, but it does no real work. The Agent...
2020-08-18 (first published: 2020-08-06)
225 reads
Daily Coping 6 Aug 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-08-06
11 reads
Without PASS, Our Community is Worse Off
This year the PASS Summit is virtual. I’m speaking, as a donation, and Monica Rathbun has written some thoughts on the event. I’m hoping that attendance is high enough...
2020-08-14 (first published: 2020-08-06)
329 reads
Daily Coping 5 Aug 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-08-05
12 reads
Quick SSMS Tip: Map Mode for Code–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. In recent versions of SSMS, there’s been an...
2020-08-05
25 reads
Unboxing SQL Clone 2020 for a PoC
When I got a new machine, I had SQL Clone on my old machine, in a few VMWare VMs. I decided to move this to my new machine, so...
2020-08-13 (first published: 2020-08-04)
349 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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