SQL Search 1.0 Beta Available
Red Gate Software has released the 1.0 beta version of SQL Search, a new free SSMS add-in that allows you...
2010-01-28
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Blog Posts
SQL Source Control Early Access Program Open
Managing T-SQL source code has never been easy, and has often been the bane for many T-SQL developers. Later this...
2010-01-28
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SQLSaturday #39 Announced
SQLSaturday #39 will be held April 24, 2010 and is being coordinated by Melissa Demsak and others from the NJ...
2010-01-28
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SQLSaturday #40 Announced
SQLSaturday #40 will be held July 31st, 2010 in Miramar, FL. This is the second annual SQLSaturday organized by Scott...
2010-01-28
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The Black Art of PowerShell V2 Version Numbers
Last week while helping someone in the SQLPSX forums having an issue importing modules I suspected they had a CTP...
2010-01-28
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The Little Stick
In the end, that was what made the difference. I was typing along one night on my spare Acer and...
2010-01-28
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The Predictioneer
I’m not sure how this book got on my radar, but it turned out to be fairly interesting. It’s written...
2010-01-28
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What the Exec?
I’ve been working with SQL Server for 10 years and have worked in production with versions 6.5 – 2005 and used...
2010-01-28
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Cleaning up sys.dm_exec_cached_plans
Following on from my previous post in which I noticed that SQLServer itself was artificially bloating sys.dm_exec_cached_plans, the next obvious...
2010-01-27
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Handling Escape Sequences in SSIS Expression String Literals
The SSIS expression language is a powerful tool for a developer that gives you one method of making a package...
2010-01-27
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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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