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If I were to show you the tabs in the following pic without a description, would you recognize the websites...
2012-03-08
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Blog Posts
Why I am excited about SQL Server 2012
By now many of you have had the opportunity to hear or see something about the next release of SQL...
2012-03-08
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Backing up a Certificate
If you create your own certificate in SQL Server, you need to make sure that you back it up immediately....
2012-03-07 (first published: 2012-02-27)
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Enabling Filestream in SQL Server 2012
Filestream is a cool feature, albeit one that’s cumbersome to use in SQL Server 2008 and R2. However the FileTable...
2012-03-07
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I’m sorry, you’ve committed a GIANT INTERNET FAIL (#SQL2012)
Updated with links to no-login goodness. Updated again with IE rage.
This week, Microsoft announced the SQL Server 2012 release to...
2012-03-07
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Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series Processors Released
Yesterday, Intel finally released the much anticipated Xeon E5-2600 family of processors, also known as Sandy Bridge-EP. This is a...
2012-03-07
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Physical or Virtual
Today I get to share something that has been on my someday list for quite some time. I have planned on getting a solution that involves TSQL to help...
2012-03-07
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Physical or Virtual
Today I get to share something that has been on my someday list for quite some time. I have planned...
2012-03-07
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PowerPivot 2012 RTM Release
Somewhat overshadowed, for obvious reasons, by the big RTM release of SQL Server 2012 was the RTM release of PowerPivot...
2012-03-07
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SQL Server – sys.master_files and list all database files
Use the system view “sys.master_files” for a single view of databases and database files.
Instead of using sys.sysfiles joing to sys.sysdatabases...
2012-03-07
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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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