SQL Prompt – Killing the Detail Box
I love SQL Prompt and use it constantly. When I don’t have it, my code writing process slows to spurts...
2015-04-15
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Blog Posts
Types of NoSQL databases
A NoSQL database provides a mechanism for storage and retrieval of data that is modeled in means other than the...
2015-04-15
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Announcing Pro SQL Server Wait Statistics
I am very proud to officially announce my first ever SQL Server related book, Pro SQL Server Wait Statistics! As...
2015-04-14
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Becoming a PASS Chapter Leader – Challenge Accepted!
My first real introduction to PASS was back in 1998. I was an “Accidential DBA” and needed some training. I...
2015-04-14
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Exam Prep 70-463: Introduction to Master Data
This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing...
2015-04-14 (first published: 2015-04-06)
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Extended Events and Data Types
Today is another one of those installments in the long-running TSQL Party held monthly (a.k.a TSQL2SDAY). This month we have an open invitation from Mike Donnelly (blog | twitter), asking...
2015-04-14
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Extended Events and Data Types
Today is another one of those installments in the long-running TSQL Party held monthly (a.k.a TSQL2SDAY).
This month we have an open...
2015-04-14
899 reads
Planning a High Availability and Disaster Recovery Plan in Puerto Rico
I’ll be doing a precon for SQLSaturday #373 in Puerto Rico on May 8th, 2015 titled “Planning a High Availability and Disaster...
2015-04-14
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Teach Something New: PowerShell Providers [T-SQL Tuesday #065]
Mike Donnelly (b|t) invited the SQL New Blogger Challenge participants to join in this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, and I’m happy...
2015-04-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #65 – Failing Over with PowerShell
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is being hosted by Mike Donnelly (B|T). The topic of choice is a fantastic one,...
2015-04-14
665 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...
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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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