Should DBAs Be the Protectors of Data?
Originally published in the Database Weekly newsletter.
I used to work at a large organization ($8 billion in revenues) as a...
2010-07-12
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Blog Posts
Speaking at Greater New Orleans .Net User Group (GNO.NET)
This week I will speaking at the Greater New Orleans .Net User Group. My topic is Introduction to the SQL...
2010-07-12
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Speaking at Nashville, St Louis, and Baton Rouge in August
In August, I will be presenting at the following events:
DevLINK, August 5-7, 2010
How and When to Use Indexed ViewsIdentifying SQL...
2010-07-12
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SQL Lunch Presentation Today and Wednesday
A heavy week for SQL Lunch with two presentations!
There is another SQL Lunch presentation scheduled for today at 12:30 EDT. Join...
2010-07-12
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SQL Saturday #28 “Refer a Friend Contest”
With all the MSDN give away contests, I decided to add another. Here are the official rules for the twitter...
2010-07-12
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SQL Server DMV Starter Pack E-Book Published
Red Gate Books has published a new e-book called “SQL Server DMV Starter Pack”, which you can download for free...
2010-07-12
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SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando Pre-Conference with Louis Davidson
The planning team of SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando and OPASS are proud to announce that there will be a pre-conference seminar...
2010-07-12
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SSIS - Enabling Logging
Have you ever had a scheduled run of one of your SSIS packages fail? Have you ever wished you had...
2010-07-12
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The PASS Session Selection Process, My Experience Part 3
In my last two posts I talked specifically about the process. This round I’m going to discuss the tools of...
2010-07-12
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TSQL 2sday Coming Up
TSQL Tuesday is fast upon us once again. In fact, in my time zone, it is just a day away.
This...
2010-07-12
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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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