T-SQL Tuesday #65 – Overcoming Variable Limitations in SQLCmd Mode
It’s time again for that T-SQL blog party T-SQL Tuesday, and this month’s host is Mike Donnelly (blog|@SQLMD). If you...
2015-04-14
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Blog Posts
Very useful SET XACT_ABORT TIP#94
SET XACT_ABORT is one of the hidden gem we can say. It is helpful in many ways.
Let me explain by...
2015-04-14 (first published: 2015-04-04)
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A Full Day of Power BI with Me
Join me for a full day of Power BI in Baton Rouge, LA and Downers Grove, IL, where I will teach...
2015-04-13
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Best of PASS Summit 2014
I am very proud to announce that one of my PASS Summit 2014 sessions was selected as one of the Top 10...
2015-04-13 (first published: 2015-04-03)
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Best of PASS Summit 2014: Building Bullet-Resistant SSIS Packages
This week, PASS announced the Best of PASS Summit 2014, a collection of the 10 highest-rated sessions from last fall’s...
2015-04-13 (first published: 2015-04-04)
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Designing for offloaded log backups in AlwaysOn Availability Groups – Part 2 – Monitoring
AlwaysOn Availability Groups have made a big splash in the SQL world and are quickly becoming the HA and DR...
2015-04-13
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Designing for offloaded log backups in AlwaysOn Availability Groups – Part 2 – Monitoring
AlwaysOn Availability Groups have made a big splash in the SQL world and are quickly becoming the HA and DR technology of choice for many SQL Server environments. Crucial...
2015-04-13
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How to restore Master database – SQL Server System Database?
Steps to restore SQL Server Master Database :- 1) Stop SQL Server Services 2) Add [-m] startup parameter in SQL Services from configuration manager Parameter [-m] Starts SQL Server...
2015-04-13
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How to Test Existing T-SQL Code Before Changing the Compatibility Level
You can easily determine whether existing stored procedures, UDFs and views can work in a higher (or lower, if you wish) compatibility...
2015-04-13
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In-Memory OLTP: Part 2 – Indexes
Following on from In-Memory OLTP: Part 1 – Introduction where we created a database capable of hosting memory optimised tables, I’d...
2015-04-13
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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
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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