Kindle for the Blackberry
Saw the announcement by accident while doing some browsing on Amazon. Thought I’d try it out just to see. Download...
2010-03-02
226 reads
Blog Posts
Mitigating Consulting Risks
In my last post on consulting, Isn’t Consulting Risky?, I contended that in many respects, when done with sufficient forethought...
2010-03-02
1,204 reads
My First SQL Lunch
SQL Lunch has been a great resource for a while now, delivering lunchtime presentations. I was recently asked to be...
2010-03-02
343 reads
Personal "Failure" Is Just a Result
I'm reading a book by two teens called Do Hard Things. It's a book which represents a rejection of the...
2010-03-02
978 reads
SQL Server - MVP Deep Dives
I got my copy of MVP deep dives earlier this month and have been making good progress in reading some...
2010-03-02
861 reads
Using Database Transactions across multiple SSIS Tasks
If you experiment at all with transactions that are built into SSIS you will discover that they are highly flawed. ...
2010-03-02
2,585 reads
Using Excel 2007 in SSIS 2005
Many companies are not in a rush to upgrade their SQL Servers because of the enormous cost to upgrade. This...
2010-03-02
1,036 reads
Volunteering Commitments
When you volunteer, you greatly enrich your life. I saw a post recently from Jason Brimhall talking about the volunteering...
2010-03-02
982 reads
Winner of the February SQL Aloha Contest
In February, I started a monthly contest at www.bradmcgehee.com to help spur some sharing of best practices among DBAs. The...
2010-03-02
372 reads
How Do You Drive Your DBA Mad?
I’ve written about a few ‘worst practices’ over the years to call attention to some things that are bad (or...
2010-03-01
1,582 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...
Forums
Happy Holidays, Let's Do Nerdy Stuff
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Happy Holidays, Let's Do Nerdy...
UNISTR Escape
Comments posted to this topic are about the item UNISTR Escape
Celebrating Tomorrow
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Celebrating Tomorrow
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: 
See possible answers