PASS Elections part two
Tim Ford is running for a seat on the PASS Board of Directors and has my vote. Yes I think...
2013-09-24
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Blog Posts
Poor Microsoft Doesn’t Understand What Tablets Are For
That’s the title of an article i came across this morning in Slate.com. I am not a big fan of...
2013-09-24
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Premium Database on Azure
One of the things that can make Windows Azure SQL Databases (WASD) attractive is the fact that they run inside...
2013-09-24
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SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for September 2013
I have gone through and made some minor updates and bug fixes for all of my SQL Server Diagnostic Information...
2013-09-24
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SQL Server Hardware and Storage Links
Being a DBA is more than just knowing about SQL: it’s about the technology which SQL runs on, which includes servers and storage. I’m naturally interested in hardware, so...
2013-09-24
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SQL Server Internals Presentation with PASS DC Chapter October 10, 2013
If you’re in the DC/Baltimore area, or just feel like coming to DC to learn about SQL Server, please join...
2013-09-24
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Why the Lazy Spool Is Bad
First thing, there are no bad operators, just bad parents, uh, I mean query writers, or database designers, or ORM...
2013-09-24 (first published: 2013-09-16)
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Cumulative update package 6 for SQL Server 2012 SP1
Microsoft has release the CU update package 6 for SQL Server 2012 SP1. To apply this package in your environment,...
2013-09-23
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Encryption and Full Text Search at The Mandalay Bay (DevConnections)
It’s just a week until Dev Connections. This is one of the great conferences for the hybrid technology person, with...
2013-09-23
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Finding The Active Sharepoint Databases
This was a task from last week. There was a server where we wanted to make some adjustments to security...
2013-09-23
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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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