Building an Intel Ivy Bridge Desktop System, Part 1
I stopped by my local Micro Center on April 9, 2012, and I noticed that they had just received their...
2012-04-11
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Blog Posts
Consultants: Corp-to-Corp vs 1099
I blogged previously that when you are a consultant or contractor, you can sometimes be faced with the decision when...
2012-04-11
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Hashing Collisions
One of the problems with hashing is that you can have collisions from values that are not very similar. This...
2012-04-11
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How To Live Blog an Event
As the euphoria of SQLBits X sadly begins to fade, I wanted to take a moment to share with you...
2012-04-11
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Instance Wide Wait Stats
Over the last many weeks we have written quite a few blog post about query debugging, using Extended Events, Blocking...
2012-04-11 (first published: 2012-04-09)
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Limiting user access to your database
There are situations where you need to grant SELECT permission to a particular user and limit that access to a...
2012-04-11
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SQL Server – default trace FAQ
Has someone deleted a table?
Are you trying to track auto grow events? Problem scenarios such as Database autogrow and slow...
2012-04-11
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Top 3 Reasons Why Evernote is worth $1 billion to me
Everyone heard about Facebook’s recent purchase of Instagram for $1 billion dollars. No one can imagine how they came with such...
2012-04-11
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PASS DBA Virtual Chapter: Replication with Hilary Cotter
I’m pleased to announce that this Wednesday April 11th 2012 Hilary Cotter will be presenting for the PASS DBA Virtual...
2012-04-10
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Simple Tips To Speed Up Your SSIS Data Flow
There are a few design choices that can make your SSIS packages run super fast when loading data from table...
2012-04-10
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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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