Upcoming Events Where We Can Chat
I get around quite a bit.
Next week I’ll be visiting three cities in Germany talking to user groups in Frankfurt,...
2015-03-09
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Blog Posts
Why You Shouldn’t Skip the Infrastructure/Security Architecture Review
It’s not usual for development projects to undergo an architecture review, but too many times these reviews consist only of...
2015-03-09
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Data Compression– a unique feature of SQL Server TIP #91
A part from performance many times we faced challenges related to space of our database. Sometimes our database is actually...
2015-03-08
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SQLBits, Incremental Statistics and Demo Fail
So another great SQLBits is done and dusted, many thanks to the team, helpers and sponsors for putting on such...
2015-03-08
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In-Memory OLTP & Deadlocking – my SQLBits sessions
After speaking at the SQLRally conference in Copenhagen earlier this week, my next stop was at the SQLBits conference in...
2015-03-07
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DevOps, the DBA, and the word “No”
Check out this DevOps Reactions animated GIF and caption.
It’s funny on multiple levels, but it also makes me both mad...
2015-03-06 (first published: 2015-02-24)
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Friday Followup For March 6, 2015
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2015-03-06
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Fun-fun-fun in the London sun (and Cardiff, and Exeter!)
We’re in London right now for SQLBits, which has been ABSOLUTELY LOVELY so far. If you happen to’ve seen our...
2015-03-06
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SQLRally and SQLBits Slides and Demos
It’s been a great a busy week.
On Wednesday, I presented my session, “Query Progress Tracking in SQL Server” at SQLRally...
2015-03-06
601 reads
T-SQL :- How to Search String in all Stored Procedures across All User Defined Databases
There are many different ways to accomplish this tasks.
Download Link https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/T-SQL-How-to-Search-String-a1704fc6
The below examples uses undocumented sp’s to loop through all the...
2015-03-06 (first published: 2015-02-24)
6,991 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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