Operations Manager and SQL Server
Longtime expert DBA Thomas Laorck brings us a short article about how he uses Operations Manager to watch the SQL Servers he is responsible for and ignore others.
2008-07-23
5,945 reads
Articles
Comparing SQL Server constraints and DML triggers
Over the years, I have witnessed many developers being confused about when to use data-manipulation language (DML) triggers vs. when to use constraints.
2008-07-23
2,759 reads
Virtual Conversions
Virtualization is becoming more and more popular, being implemented in many companies every day to replace the need to add more physical boxes to your data center. Steve Jones comments on some of the handy features of virtualization.
2008-07-23
59 reads
Virtual Conversions
Virtualization is becoming more and more popular, being implemented in many companies every day to replace the need to add more physical boxes to your data center. Steve Jones comments on some of the handy features of virtualization.
2008-07-23
48 reads
Virtual Conversions
Virtualization is becoming more and more popular, being implemented in many companies every day to replace the need to add more physical boxes to your data center. Steve Jones comments on some of the handy features of virtualization.
2008-07-23
69 reads
Disabling Indexes
Expert SQL Server trainer Andy Warren brings us a new article on a lesser used feature in SQL server 2005: the ability to disable an index.
2008-07-22
11,116 reads
How to use ranking functions in SQL Server 2005
With ranking functions in SQL Server 2005, you can rank rows in result sets. This tip defines rank functions and gives examples of how to use the four available functions.
2008-07-22
5,594 reads
Knock, Knock...What's Funny?
Humor in the workplace is essential for a good environment, but employees need to be careful about what they might consider sharing.
2008-07-22
67 reads
Knock, Knock...What's Funny?
Humor in the workplace is essential for a good environment, but employees need to be careful about what they might consider sharing.
2008-07-22
65 reads
Knock, Knock...What's Funny?
Humor in the workplace is essential for a good environment, but employees need to be careful about what they might consider sharing.
2008-07-22
57 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
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Question of the Day
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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