What Does a Database Administrator Actually Do?
Most people in your organisation, never mind everyone else, have no real clue as to what it is you do.
It’s...
2012-03-05
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Blog Posts
Why We Follow Best Practices
Why We Follow Best Practices
Best Practices
There are many reasons why we follow best practices. My own reasons have changed over...
2012-03-05 (first published: 2012-02-26)
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CPU-Z 1.60 Released
Pretty much right on schedule, Frank Delattre has released CPU-Z 1.60, which has support for some new and upcoming processors...
2012-03-04
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I'm presenting at 24 Hours of Pass!!
Woohoo! I have been selected to present my SSIS Tips & Tricks presentation at this year's 24 Hours of Pass. I am...
2012-03-04
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New upcoming events across Europe
I'm very happy today to announce 4 new upcoming SQL Server workshops across Europe
within the next months:
SQL Server Configuration...
2012-03-04
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Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #1: Executing an Oracle Stored Proc with No Parameters in SSIS Execute SQL Task
Originally posted: 3-4-2012 Welcome to a new blog series of tips related to Oracle with a focus on helping those...
2012-03-04
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Resource Governor Configuration
Resource Governor(RG) is a technology which introduced in SQL server 2008 to manage the CPU and Memory resource that a incoming session can...
2012-03-04
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SQL Server – How to troubleshoot query timeouts
Common reasons for query time-outs are :
1) The application starts using a query not optimal for the index
2) Hardware changes\...
2012-03-04
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A Script A Day Finished!
Well that's it, my "A Script A Day" series is finished. I hope you found the scripts I provided useful, I've used...
2012-03-03
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Goodbye Microsoft, Hello World
Goodbye Microsoft, Hello World
Goodbye Microsoft, Hello World
The cowboy’s job is done here, and it’s time for him to move on...
2012-03-03
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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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