What Permissions do I need to generate a deploy script with SSDT?
It is sometimes useful to be able to use sqlpackage.exe to create a script that can be deployed manually or...
2015-04-21
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What Permissions do I need to generate a deploy script with SSDT?
It is sometimes useful to be able to use sqlpackage.exe to create a script that can be deployed manually or...
2015-04-21
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Converting identifiers into SQL Server table variables in Management Studio
If I had a nickel for every time someone gave me a list of identifiers and asked me to pull...
2015-04-20 (first published: 2015-04-09)
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In-Memory OLTP: Part 3 – Checkpoints
This post follows on from In-Memory OLTP: Part 2 – Indexes
So far in this blog series memory optimised tables have been...
2015-04-20
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In-Memory OLTP: Part 3 – Checkpoints
This post follows on from In-Memory OLTP: Part 2 – Indexes
So far in this blog series memory optimised tables have been...
2015-04-20
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On Automation
I’m a big fan of automation. I’ve been in IT for 27 years now. One unchanging rule during that time...
2015-04-20 (first published: 2015-04-09)
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2015-04-20
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The hidden security of msdb
To be fair it’s not actually hidden, just not so well known.
Have you ever wondered how to grant permissions...
2015-04-20
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The MERGE Statement – One Statement for INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE
Starting with SQL Server 2008, we can use the MERGE statement to solve some every day scenarios in more elegant...
2015-04-20
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T-SQL HOST_ID and HOST_NAME
HOST_ID and HOST_NAME
Included in T-SQL for SQL Server is a functions that returns the workstation information that executes a SQL...
2015-04-20
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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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UNISTR Escape
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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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