What happens when a query is submitted?
I know, We cant cover life span of query in short. here is my another try to list some high level information...
2010-12-05
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Blog Posts
Getting Drive Info, Part 5, the SSIS WMI Data Reader Task
In the final installment of the Getting Drive Info series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), SSIS will...
2010-12-04
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Getting Drive Info, Part 5, the SSIS WMI Data Reader Task
In the final installment of the Getting Drive Info series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), SSIS will again be used to collect and save the drive...
2010-12-04
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What PASS means to me.
I first heard of PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) in connection with the PASS Summit. I had a several...
2010-12-04
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Book Review: Alas, Babylon
I just re-read Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank ($10 @ Amazon). It’s a bit of a touchstone for me. It was...
2010-12-03
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Free SQL Server Training for the Week of December 6, 2010
Took a break from posting this last Friday due to the holidays. But I'm back with the weekly updates.
Monday
PASS Data Warehousing/BI...
2010-12-03
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How Many Have I Read?
I saw this on Facebook, and while I’m not sure of the list, I reproduced it here. I think that...
2010-12-03
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MCM – Useful Resources
This is just a short post for a Friday. There has been a lot written over the past few weeks...
2010-12-03
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RTFM365 Week 0
For the next year, I will read from SQL Server Books Online a little every day, and blog about it weekly. ...
2010-12-03
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Signal Waits and Resource Waits...a clarification
Signal Waits vs. Resource Waits
During my presentation at SQLSaturday#59, I spoke about the categories of wait types, such as...
2010-12-03
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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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Happy Holidays, Let's Do Nerdy Stuff
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UNISTR Escape
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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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