SQL Bits 7 – The 7 wonders of SQL
I have been procrastinating this evening, I have several blog posts that I want to write but the football is...
2010-07-08
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Blog Posts
SQL Lunch Presentation Today
I'm going to try and do a better job of announcing free training and learning opportunities. With that said, there's...
2010-07-08
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SQL Server 2008 SP2 CTP Available
Microsoft has made the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2008 SP2 available for download. This is Build 3798,...
2010-07-08
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Way Behind
One of the things I have to do every month is process payments for the authors. It’s my job to...
2010-07-08
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Why Would They Coach Me?
During a recent call I was talking with someone about achieving a career goal (coaching in itself, though unplanned) and...
2010-07-08
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Free SSIS Training - SQL Lunch #24 (Looping in SSIS)
Join Brad Schacht this week on the SQL Lunch to learn about Looping in SSIS. Go to SQL Lunch and...
2010-07-07
599 reads
Getting Started with SQL Azure (doc)
Getting Started with SQL Azure - Very nice & short document about SQL Azure beginning process. This is the official document that...
2010-07-07
1,285 reads
July SSSOLV UG Meeting
This is really late notice – apologies in advance.
We will be holding the LV UG meeting July 8th at the same...
2010-07-07
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Life Guarding Your Data
Last week as an adult leader of my son’s Boy Scout Troop, I accompanied a dozen fine young men to...
2010-07-07
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Life Lesson: Pay Your Dues
This is one of the lessons you don’t want to hear when you’re 18, or the newest member of a...
2010-07-07
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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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