Awarded – Microsoft Community Contributor Award 2012
Today, I’ve received an email from Microsoft stating that I’ve been awarded Microsoft Community Contributor. This is the first time...
2012-10-18
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Basit Aalishan Masood-Al-Farooq
How to secure SQL Server?
Databases are an important reservoir of sensitive information, and that is why it is important for us as a DBA...
2012-10-15
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Using SQL Server 2012 FileTables
Reblogged from Basit's SQL Server Tips:
SQL Server 2012 allows you to store file/directories in a special table called FileTable that...
2012-10-15
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Understanding DBCC CHECKDB, to deal with corrupt database
Database files are volatile, constantly being changed and updated, so that, like any other volatile files in the system, there...
2012-10-08
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2012-10-07
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Rebuild indexes based on fragmentation - sp_RebuildIndex
Reblogged from Basit's SQL Server Tips:
In my previous post here, I’ve discussed how we can detect fragmentation in SQL Server...
2012-10-07
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DML Triggers to track SQL Server Agent Jobs creation, deletion and modification events
SQL Server Agent jobs are crucial to any SQL Server environment, as they are used for scheduling and performing critical...
2012-10-01
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Transact-SQL analytic functions in SQL Server can help solve problems quickly
Like other mainstream commercial database systems, SQL Server supports analytic functions in Transact-SQL to depict complex analytical tasks. With the...
2012-09-21
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Database Recovery Advisor feature of SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2012 introduces Database Recovery Advisor that provides significant user experience improvements to the ways DBAs can restore databases...
2012-09-19
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Logon Triggers: SQL Server
As the name implies, logon triggers fire in response to the logon event that is raised when a user sessions...
2012-09-17
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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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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