Why I don’t (yet) recommend In-Memory OLTP to my customers
Ok, some of you will hate me after this blog posting, but it has to be said. Over the last...
2015-03-11
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Blog Posts
Azure Data Factory
What is the Azure Data Factory?
The Azure Data Factory is a managed service for data storage and processing. It allows...
2015-03-10
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Exam Prep 70-463: Variables and Parameters
This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing...
2015-03-10 (first published: 2015-02-23)
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Monitor Query Statistics
One of the most common tasks that DBAs are required to perform is monitoring. This is not just a task....
2015-03-10 (first published: 2015-02-26)
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SQL Nexus Might Just Save Your Bacon
The year is 2015, and I’m still surprised by how many people have never heard of SQL Nexus; although it...
2015-03-10
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SQLRally Nordic 2015
Last week I attended SQLRally Nordic 2015 in Copenhagen. SQLRally is a regional conference organized by PASS, kind of a...
2015-03-10
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A Comprehensive Manual to Manage SQL Server Database
SQL Server is a uniquely designed Relational Database Management System developed by Microsoft. Its basic functionalities include storing, manipulating and...
2015-03-09
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Solving a slow running query issue with UNION
That’s right! I will solve a performance issue by adding a UNION into the query. Interested? Read on!
I recently encountered...
2015-03-09 (first published: 2015-02-25)
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SQL Saturday Oklahoma City, OK: 422 August 29th, 2015!
We're proud to bring back the OKC SQL Saturday for the 5th year in a row! We have 3 precons...
2015-03-09
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Transaction Logging in In-Memory OLTP (Hekaton)
In today’s blog posting I want to talk in more detail about how In-Memory OLTP logs transaction log records into...
2015-03-09
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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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