Agent Jobs Using SSIS
This is a short script to help the DBA with documentation purposes. This would come in handy especially in those...
2012-03-15
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Agent Jobs Using SSIS
This is a short script to help the DBA with documentation purposes. This would come in handy especially in those cases where you are consulting or you have taken...
2012-03-15
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Cached blocking history with sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats
Transactions generate IO, latching and locking on tables and indexes , while attempting to access data. The sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats DMV returns aggregated data...
2012-03-15
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ColoradoSQL for March 2012
All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 p.m. and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend...
2012-03-15
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Data Warehouse Architecture – Kimball and Inmon methodologies
What is the best methodology to use when creating a data warehouse? Well, first off, let’s discuss some of the reasons why...
2012-03-15 (first published: 2012-03-12)
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Execution Plans – Merge Join
The Merge Join is a Physical Operation when joining 2 sets of data that are in the same order.
There...
2012-03-15
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Importing images to SQL server database using T-Sql
Yesterday evening one of the developer asked me that he need a help in importing images into a table. It...
2012-03-15
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Security and Permissions presentation from the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group Meeting, 3/14/2012
Last night I presented a new presentation I'm working to add to my inventory, SQL Server Permission and Security. This...
2012-03-15
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SQL Server 2012 Performance Test: Truncate a Date/Time to Different Parts
SQL Server 2012 introduces several new date/time functions that allow you to build a date/time from the individual parts of...
2012-03-15
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Tempdb quick notes from Professional SQL Server 2008 internals and troubleshooting
I spent sometime to understand more about tempdb today. posting some key points for our quick reference.
some key books/links on...
2012-03-15
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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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