SSMS’s Dark Theme
There has been talk of a dark theme for SSMS for years. Does it exist, will it exist? Well, the...
2018-04-04
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Blog Posts
Toolbox - Do You Have Current Backups?
On our managed servers we run a job each day to check that either a FULL or DIFF has run...
2018-04-04
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Why didnt my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with...
2018-04-04
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Why didnt my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with...
2018-04-04
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Why didnt my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with Octopus to deploy doesn't have any debugging information enabled...
2018-04-04
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Azure SQL Database – Failed to Delete Database Nightmare
After demo building and testing features out within Azure SQL Database I like to delete the databases to save costs....
2018-04-03
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Database Has Been Paused
I was looking forward to do some work with Azure SQL Data Warehouse (DWH) when I hit the new query...
2018-04-03 (first published: 2018-03-27)
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Date Fun with SQL Server
I saw a people discussing date formats on Twitter after PASS put out an advertisement for a webinar with a...
2018-04-03
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 96 – Enlighten Waffle Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Enlighten Waffle Chart. The Enlighten Waffle Chart is a simple...
2018-04-03 (first published: 2018-03-27)
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Power Query vs DAX: In The Power BI Kitchen with Eugene Meidinger
Watch this week's video on YouTube
In this week's video with Power BI expert Eugene Meidinger, we're in the kitchen learning about Power BI.
Power BI has two languages available for...
2018-04-03
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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...
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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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