How Can I Quickly Script Out Replication?
This script takes a distribution server name and an output directory as parameters then works through all publications on each of the servers that connects to the distribution server,...
2010-07-16
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How Can I Quickly Script Out Replication?
This script takes a distribution server name and an output directory as parameters then works through all publications on each of the servers that connects to the distribution server,...
2010-07-16
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Reminder – Final Day for Speaker Abstracts for SQLSaturday #49!
You can still submit abstracts through midnight tonight for SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando on October 16, 2010. Great time of...
2010-07-16
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SQL University: Introduction to Indexes
For some crazy reason (probably everyone is on vacation), Jorge Segarra (blog|twitter) who runs SQL University has asked me to...
2010-07-16
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Steve Jones to Run for PASS Board
I couldn’t hide the lead. Steve Jones (blog|twitter) has announced he’s running for the PASS board. I’m excited. I’m almost as...
2010-07-16
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SubQuery Performance
Why would you do this?
select distinct(hostname),
(select count(*) as criticalCnt
from @temp where severity_guid='0168A833-1732-411E-8205-C2F6CD91737D'
and hostname=t.hostname
group by hostname),
(select count(*) as criticalCnt...
2010-07-16
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The week that was: Friday 15th July 2010
This is just a short post for a Friday, I have no technical content ready to publish today but lots...
2010-07-16
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The Wiffle-Waffle, or Why I’m Running for the PASS Board of Directors
I’ll announce it here first, along with some reasons why I’m waffling from an earlier post:
I’m going to run...
2010-07-16
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Tour de Career: Prologue
Tour de Career
It’s July and for some that means baseball and bar-b-ques. For me it means my birthday and Tour...
2010-07-16
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“One of the Pack to Top Dog”
My first guest editorial published !
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/70725/
Would appreciate any comments you have.
2010-07-15
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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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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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