While you don't get a 'Free Lunch', you will get your just desserts...
UPDATE: Additional Microsoft MVPs have joined the project and we will now be selecting at least two (2) now three...
2010-07-12
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Blog Posts
Separation of interface from implementation
One of the supposed advantages of the EF is that it abstracts you from
your database implementation. This is considered to...
2010-07-11
1,314 reads
Sunday Morning Work
Up early, the only one in the house, so I made coffee, sat down to check on SSC and the...
2010-07-11
343 reads
Making A SQLPS Module
If you’re working with PowerShell and SQL Server one of things you’ll want to to do is load the SQL...
2010-07-10
3,245 reads
Windows Search Enable Your Script Files
At the July 8th Tampa PowerShell User Group meeting, Ed Wilson (blog|twitter) gave a presentation on “PowerShell Best Practices.” One...
2010-07-10
647 reads
Another Update on Goals
I was querying the SQLServerCentral database for something else today, and I decided to take a minute and double check...
2010-07-09
406 reads
Delivering the Bad News
It’s a Friday, the day governments & companies traditionally deliver bad news. I recived the bad news earlier in the week,...
2010-07-09
717 reads
Free SSRS Training – SQL Lunch #23 (SSRS R2 – Shared Datasets & Report Parts)
Join SQL Server MVP, Patrick LeBlanc, next week on the SQL Lunch to learn about Share Datasets and Report Parts...
2010-07-09
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Is my SQL Server Pre-Release
I get to work with a lot of different clients and client environments and like many companies they are often...
2010-07-09
311 reads
Last Book Chapter Submitted
Whew, I just got my last chapter submitted to the editorial team for our newest book. I still have to...
2010-07-09
341 reads
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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