SQLSaturday 31 Chicago: Recap
Last weekend I had the distinguished pleasure of attending Chicago’s very first SQLSaturday event. Before I begin my recap I’d...
2010-04-22
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Release Date: May 21 2010
R2 is ready to roll!
As expected, Brent “Master” Ozar (Blog | Twitter) already scooped the story, but it never hurts to...
2010-04-15
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2010-03-26
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2010-03-17
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Multiple Escape Characters
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Question of the Day
Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers