Disk Partition Alignment
This whitepaper from Greg Lowe talks about the important strategy behind disk partition alignment. This is focused mainly in SQL...
2010-02-21
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Blog Posts
Free Data From Across the Pond
Ok so I know a statement like that will whip some of you into a frenzy, but it’s true. No...
2010-02-21
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I’m givin’ ‘er all she’s got!
Or am I?
As I proceed down the path on a consolidation project, I have taken time to pause and ponder...
2010-02-21
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I'm Speaking at SQLLunch
I am excited to be speaking at SQLLunch.com on March 1st. SQL Lunch is a great website event where Host...
2010-02-21
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MDX Member Functions
There are a large number of Member functions in MDX that do everything from returning ancestry of a member to...
2010-02-21
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Measure Group Properties Explained
When configuring measure groups in SSAS, you want to make sure you address a few important properties. They are show...
2010-02-21
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Measure Properties Explained
When configuring measures in SSAS, you want to make sure you address a few important properties. They are show in...
2010-02-21
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Microsoft AdCenter and SQL Server Analysis Services 2008
There is a recently published whitepaper that talks about Microsoft AdCenter using SSAS 2008 to accelerate performance over 2005. Most...
2010-02-21
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New iSCSI Performance Benchmark from Microsoft and Intel
The Windows Server Division blog has a post up trumpeting a very impressive iSCSI benchmarking result achieved with Intel hardware...
2010-02-21
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Problem Using the Aggregate Function with Calculated Measures
Recently, I was working with a client we were working on a calculated measure using the aggregate function to rollup...
2010-02-21
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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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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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