Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) SQL Server 2008
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Why Object Qualification is important.
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Importance of UPSERT
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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