My Busy Weekend
This weekend is the fall camporee for my middle son’s Boy Scout troop. He’s one of the senior scouts in...
2013-10-07
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Blog Posts
Renewed As MVP for 2013
Last Tuesday I received the email confirming that I will be an MVP for another year. Nice news to get....
2013-10-07
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Transaction Log Management
I have had the distinct pleasure of being asked to review a book by RedGate. The book is by a friend and respected community member Gail Shaw (blog |...
2013-10-07
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Transaction Log Management
I have had the distinct pleasure of being asked to review a book by RedGate. The book is by a...
2013-10-07
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T-SQL Tuesday #47: Your Best SQL Server SWAG
The Stuff We All Get!
Fall has arrived which means it's conference season: Connections is happening this week, the PASS Summit...
2013-10-07 (first published: 2013-10-03)
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Wrapping Up The 2013 PASS Election-Part 3
Today I’ll continue with my notes and thoughts on the 2013 election process and a good place to start is...
2013-10-06
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One-stop Shopping for Backups
First, let me say that yes, I’m aware of Ola Hallengren’s excellent set of maintenance scripts, including those for doing...
2013-10-05
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Wrapping Up The PASS 2013 Election–Part 2
I watched the election this year with interest and the advantage of having seen PASS elections from a number of different...
2013-10-05
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Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Fires, SAN failures, tornados, and car accidents all came up today, yet it was a very good day at work. ...
2013-10-04 (first published: 2013-09-30)
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Reblog: September 27 to October 3
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...
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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