Templates and teamwork
SQL Server expert David Poole discusses how teams can work together and share templates in Management Studio.
2014-11-27 (first published: 2008-05-20)
10,252 reads
David Poole
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RegEx for DBAs
RegEx functions are incredibly powerful text handling functions which should be at the top of a data warehouse DBAs list when writing CLR functions
2014-09-05 (first published: 2012-05-08)
20,587 reads
Mudita: Joy in the success of others
It is only when you start to take genuine pleasure in other people's successes that you experience the true rewards of being in a leadership position.
2014-07-11
155 reads
IT and the Older Generation
David Poole looks at the interactions of technology across generations in this guest editorial.
2014-06-02
235 reads
Oiling the gears for the data dictionary
Documenting the database is always a challenge, and there are many techniques you can use to help all the people on your team understand what all your tables are used for. David Poole brings us an easy way to implement a framework for documentation.
2014-04-25 (first published: 2011-02-17)
14,615 reads
Big Data - Cost of acquiring skills
If your companies first foray into Big Data project starts with a big cheque then you are doing it wrong!
2014-04-14
371 reads
A genuine use for a SQL CLR Aggregate
When should you use a SQL CLR Aggregate? Lots of people have struggled with this one, but David Poole found a use, and has some interesting performance data analysis as well.
2014-02-05 (first published: 2010-12-29)
17,508 reads
2013-09-12
5,972 reads
Antipathy for Entity Attribute Value data models
EAV models have their uses but the costs are often hidden and if not hidden, more than anticipated.
2013-01-21
8,555 reads
Eleven Challenges in Unifying Reference Data
Unifying the reference data across an enterprise can be a bigger job than expected. This article describes one approach to doing so.
2012-12-20
3,608 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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