T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO -- Where Are My TempDB Objects?
T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO -- Where Are My TempDB Objects?
This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #004, hosted this month...
2010-03-09
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OPASS March Meeting with David Pless
March 9 6-8:30pm
This month's meeting sponsored by
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Speaker: David Pless
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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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