You are a Professional, So Speak Up
You are hired for your ideas so share them, it can only help your career.
2008-07-30
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You Are a Professional, So Speak Up
You are hired for your ideas so share them, it can only help your career.
2008-07-30
71 reads
You are a Professional, So Speak Up
You are hired for your ideas so share them, it can only help your career.
2008-07-30
60 reads
Creating Stored Procedures - SQL School Video
MVP Brian Knight covers the basics of creating stored procedures in SQL Server. Stored Procedures are ways of encapsulating a section of code inside of a function, and this video shows how you to convert your queries to stored procedures.
2008-07-29
11,363 reads
Rebuilding Stats: Twice or Not At All
Are you rebuilding statistics twice on your tables? Longtime expert, Andy Warren, shows why you might be asking more work of your SQL Server than is required.
2008-07-29
9,157 reads
Iterating through tables and databases in SQL Server
This tip presents two very useful stored procedures that live in the master database but are not mentioned in SQL Server Books Online. These system procedures come in very handy for jobs such as determining the space used, the number of rows, the indexes on the user tables, and so on.
2008-07-29
4,102 reads
SQLBits III - Registration Now Open!
Registration for SQLBits III, to be held at Hatfield in the UK on September 13th, is now open! SQLBits is the UK's finest SQL Server technical conference, and it's 100% free to attend!
2008-07-29 (first published: 2008-07-23)
1,837 reads
Stored Procedures Reconsidered
A guest editorial from Scott White that looks at the use of stored procedures from a developer's point of view.
2008-07-29
63 reads
Stored Procedures Reconsidered
A guest editorial from Scott White that looks at the use of stored procedures from a developer's point of view.
2008-07-29
76 reads
Stored Procedures Reconsidered
A guest editorial from Scott White that looks at the use of stored procedures from a developer's point of view.
2008-07-29
72 reads
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UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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