Spider-Man Homecoming Twitter Sentiment
Hello Dear Reader! This past Thursday night I took my son Zachary to see Spider-Man Homecoming, it was an amazing movie with a fantastic cast. Both of us are...
2017-07-10
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Microsoft: 1 Year in, how's it going?
Hello Dear Reader, one year ago today it was leap year, February 29th 2016. So I'm a year older, the...
2017-03-10 (first published: 2017-03-01)
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Microsoft: 1 Year in, how's it going?
Hello Dear Reader, one year ago today it was leap year, February 29th 2016. So I'm a year older, the big four zero.... 40. A little wiser? Maybe. Despite...
2017-03-01
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How Do I Add an R Package to SQL Server from In-Database R?
Hello Dear Reader! I'm working on some really fun stuff with in-database R using SQL Server 2016.
I needed to...
2017-02-28
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How Do I Add an R Package to SQL Server from In-Database R?
Hello Dear Reader! I'm working on some really fun stuff with in-database R using SQL Server 2016. I needed to add a couple packages to my R engine so...
2017-02-28
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The High Availability Conversation Part 1: Introduction
Hello Dear Reader! Twitter is a fantastic tool if you use SQL Server. It is a great way to network,...
2017-02-07 (first published: 2017-02-03)
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The High Availability Conversation Part 1: Introduction
Hello Dear Reader! Twitter is a fantastic tool if you use SQL Server. It is a great way to network, find presentations, interact with experts, and #SQLHelp offers some...
2017-02-03
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Optimize For Unknown
Hello Dear Reader! It's been a while. I was working with a friend and we came across an interesting problem....
2016-12-21 (first published: 2016-12-05)
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Optimize For Unknown
Hello Dear Reader! It's been a while. I was working with a friend and we came across an interesting problem. They had a large amount of skewness/data skew. This...
2016-12-05
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SQL Azure, Hekaton, and Bob Dorr is Awesome
Hello Dear Reader! I had recently written a blog for the PFE blog, "How Many Tables Can I Have In...
2016-08-29
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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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