How to Recover a SQL Server Login Password
I will describe a simple method anyone can use to obtain lost password information for a SQL Server login.
2017-02-21 (first published: 2013-03-04)
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How to Receive Alerts When You Centralize Your SQL Server Event Logs
Learn how you can get alerts when you centralize the Event log. This is part 2 of the previous article "How to centralize your SQL Server Event Logs."
2014-05-09 (first published: 2012-05-24)
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How to centralize your SQL Server Event Logs
Learn how you can centralize the Event log data for your servers using a process that Geoff Albin has been using for over 10 years.
2014-05-02 (first published: 2010-11-08)
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How to receive Deadlock information automatically via email
Receive Deadlock info from the SQL Error Log every time a deadlock occurs.
2014-01-03 (first published: 2010-12-13)
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How to Monitor for High CPU utilization in SQL Server
This is the method that Geoff Albin has used for years to monitor the CPU on his SQL Servers.
2012-10-19 (first published: 2010-11-17)
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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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