Coast to Coast with SQL Saturday
Last month I blogged about the SQL Crazy train making a whistle stop in Providence Rhode Island. A couple of...
2013-10-10
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Blog Posts
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Yesterday was our first 2013 SQL in the City event in Pasadena, CA. I was excited and nervous, with 3...
2013-10-10
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PASS Summit 2013
The PASS Summit 2013 is almost here! Check out all the great sessions and speakers. I feel very fortunate to be able to speak...
2013-10-10
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SQL Server Analysis Services Activity Viewer 2012 1.1 Stable Released
This morning I am happy to announce the release of a stable version of SSAS Activity Viewer 2012. The build number is 1.1.0.0. The new features have been highlighted...
2013-10-10
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Use TOP instead of SET ROWCOUNT
Both TOP and SET ROWCOUNT are both valid methods of limiting the result sets from a query. They are however...
2013-10-10 (first published: 2013-10-07)
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Checking Backup/Restore progress
Every now and then we all need to perform backup or restore, for large databases when we need to perform...
2013-10-09
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How to Limit IO Requests with SQL Server 2014 Resource Governor
Resource Governor was introduced in SQL Server 2008 in order to allow us have better control over our system resource...
2013-10-09
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Leveraging LinkedIn to Contribute to the DBA Community & Attract Opportunities with Internationally-Oriented Organisations
LinkedIn has matured over the past decade and I can
sincerely say it is well worth the time setting up your...
2013-10-09
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Next Week, in or out of Charlotte (#sqlpass #Summit13 #SQLHighTea #TooManyHashtags)
Welcome to Tuesday. We hope you enjoy your stay! Edit: We have been informed that today is actually Wednesday. We...
2013-10-09
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Speaker of the Month, October 2013
This month I saw several good speakers talking on a variety of topics. Making this choice was hard. I’m really...
2013-10-09 (first published: 2013-10-04)
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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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