Better Living Thru Powershell: Update Statistics in Parallel
As part of a project I’m currently involved with, we’re migrating a database to SQL Server 2008 and performing some...
2012-04-17 (first published: 2012-04-12)
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Blog Posts
Book Review: American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company ($18 at Amazon) was a good read, with...
2012-04-17
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Choosing the Right Microsoft Reporting Technology Part 5: Power View
In part five of this on going series about choosing the right reporting tool we will discuss the newest of...
2012-04-17
1,621 reads
ColoradoSQL–April 2012
All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 p.m. and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend...
2012-04-17
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Execute T-SQL Statement Task
I spotted a new task in SSIS 2012 – Execute T-SQL Statement Task. It executes T-SQL statements, only Transact-SQL statements against...
2012-04-17
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Let’s Meetup [Updated]!
I have a confession to make. I like to meet people who also work with SQL Server. There are so...
2012-04-17
685 reads
Listing SQL Instances on a machine (or list of machines)
TweetG’day,
Recently I was updating some of my Powershell scripts for managing SQL SERVER instances.
Generally, when writing a Powershell script to...
2012-04-17
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Merge Command In Sql Server
Merge Command:- Merge command is a new feature introduced in the SQL Server 2008. It can perform Update, Insert and...
2012-04-17
1,740 reads
Next up: #SQLSat107, HOU (and #SQLRally)
For me, conference season begins with the new year, and ends with the PASS Summit (sorry, November and December SQL...
2012-04-17
681 reads
Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #2: Keyword compare between Oracle and SQL Server
While attending a recent Windows Azure Quick Start, the presenter, Mike Benkovich (@mbenko) happened to show a table on his...
2012-04-17
589 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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