Kent Sql Server UserGroup
One of my back burner projects is to setup a local user group.
I'm delighted to now say that this is...
2010-06-28
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Blog Posts
Making a Little Effort at Networking - Part 1
I’m not a big networking person. I know that it’s good for my career, but I’ve been lucky enough to...
2010-06-28
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MDX Puzzle #1 Solution
OK, are you ready to start the MDX journey. In MDX Puzzle #1 posting I presented you with the challenge...
2010-06-28
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PASS Update #35
It’s been a busy month for me for PASS activities. I spent almost the entire week last week on PASS...
2010-06-28
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Time to Stop Settling
“...And the world is filled with people who can't go to high school, never mind college, and who certainly can't...
2010-06-28
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Error Configuring DataCollector: A collection set cannot start without a schedule
Data Collection, Puppy Style
Update: Based on Bill Ramos’ comment below and a note on Twitter (thanks!!) I have added some...
2010-06-26
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SQL 101 : Without “ORDER BY”, order is not guaranteed.
It’s as simple as that. If you don’t specify ORDER BY, then the order of your result set is not...
2010-06-26
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Don't Do This
In working on applications at client sites you tend to come across code that makes you think "what were they...
2010-06-25
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Growing the SQL Community – Carefully
If you’re a blogger or a twitterer or a SQL speaker or PASS volunteer, you do it because you have...
2010-06-25
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How much memory is each SQL Server database using?
Whilst perusing the forums over at SQL Server Central today I stumbled across an interesting question regarding how to identify...
2010-06-25
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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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