New Blog Space
I've decided to move my blog here. You'll see some old content being uploaded in the next few days. Look around, I hope you find some tidbits of information.
Older...
2022-10-17
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Josef Richberg
Using Managed Identities to authenticate Function Apps
I have a video detailing how to use Managed Identities to authenticate function apps in Azure.
2020-10-26
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Enhanced Threading Framework V3 for SSIS
I decided to revisit my framework to see if I could improve the performance and possibly increase the number of scenarios this framework could be used in. Turns out...
2016-03-24
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Validating in-line DataFlow records with a Stored Procedure
I have text file that contains data for a given fiscal period. In this particular file there are around 2...
2013-11-14 (first published: 2013-11-05)
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Validating in-line DataFlow records with a Stored Procedure
I have text file that contains data for a given fiscal period. In this
particular file there are around 2 million records. The file needs to be
split into...
2013-11-05
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Validating in-line DataFlow records with a Stored Procedure
I have text file that contains data for a given fiscal period. In this
particular file there are around 2 million records. The file needs to be
split into...
2013-11-05
13 reads
PASS Summit 2013 - Examples Package
I was asked by some attendees of my PASS 2013 Session, Unseen Minions : Improving parallel processing in SSIS, if I had any...
2013-10-22
450 reads
SSWUG Summer Camp
I'm speaking at SSWUG Summer Camp! Thankfully, I can be at home, in my pool AND be at summer camp...
2013-06-26
915 reads
Speaking at PASS Summit 2013!
I am honored to say that have been selected to present this year. I'll be giving a talk on my...
2013-05-22
379 reads
Converting Inches to Centimeters - Long Hand
Today I had to write a little function that takes the long had version of a fraction, say 8 3/4...
2013-02-26
1,305 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
Forums
Happy Holidays, Let's Do Nerdy Stuff
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UNISTR Escape
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Celebrating Tomorrow
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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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