Identifying Blocking via Extended Events
There are a number of ways that you can identify blocking that is occurring in your SQL instance. You can...
2015-03-05 (first published: 2015-02-24)
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Blog Posts
Preparing a Technical Session Part 3: Writing an Abstract
So you’ve come up with a great idea for a session and now you have to translate that idea into...
2015-03-05 (first published: 2015-02-24)
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Data compression
This post examines the compression of a database named Bankware (BW) at a client site. The database size was 300+...
2015-03-04
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Data compression
This post examines the compression of a database named Bankware (BW) at a client site. The database size was about...
2015-03-04
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Data compression
This post examines the compression of a database named Bankware (BW) at a client site. The database size was 300+ GB. The tests for BW were done on the sk-bankware server...
2015-03-04
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Data compression
This post examines the compression of a database named Bankware (BW) at a client site. The database size was 300+ GB. The tests for BW were done on the sk-bankware server...
2015-03-04
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I want to blog but …
I don’t know how to get started.
Pretty simple. There are a number of free blogging sites out there. Personally I...
2015-03-04
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Latches, Spinlocks & Lock-Free Data Structures – my SQLRally Nordic session
Whew, this was an intensive session about Latches, Spinlocks & Lock-Free Data Structures at the SQLRally Nordic conference in Copenhagen. I...
2015-03-04
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Presenting with Tegile at Lincoln SQL Server Users Group Thursday
This Thursday I will be joining an open discussion with Tegile Systems and the Lincoln SQL Server Users Group on...
2015-03-04
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Small presenter tip: changing display mode automatically after presenter view
This morning Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) asked the following question on Twitter:
Anyone know if it's possible to configure PowerPoint 2013...
2015-03-04
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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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