What three events brought you here?
Another one of the DBA bloggers games of tag is occurring. I’ve been asked by Tom LaRock to answer Paul...
2010-01-18
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Blog Posts
What Three Things Brought Me Here
I was tagged
by SQL Rockstar, aka Tom LaRock, after this
thread was started by Paul Randal-not-Paul-Tripp (I wonder if...
2010-01-18
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Book #10 – The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
I read this book as a kid, or at least I thought I did. After grabbing this from Amazon (free...
2010-01-17
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Inconvenient – Reading on Paper
I woke up this morning to find Tia reading an actual paper books. That’s become a rarity for both of...
2010-01-17
679 reads
Inconvenient – Reading on Paper
I woke up this morning to find Tia reading an actual paper books. That’s become a rarity for both of...
2010-01-17
715 reads
January Roundup
I have just put together the January newsletter for www.gre-sqlserver-solutions.com and scheduled it to run Sunday night/Monday morning. It is...
2010-01-16
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Second Shot Promotion For Microsoft Certification Exams
Microsoft and Prometric have renewed their Second Shot promotion for certification exams. This allows you to retake a failed exam...
2010-01-16
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The Energy Detective TED 5000 Installed And Working
Back in October, I ordered one of the new TED 5000 energy monitors directly from Energy, Inc. in Charleston, SC....
2010-01-16
822 reads
Admitting When You're Wrong
As a father of two head-strong boys (inherited trait), I struggle with getting them to admit they are wrong when they...
2010-01-15
1,009 reads
PASS 2009 Speaker Evaluation Scores
Since quite a few PASS 2009 speakers have gone public with their speaker evaluation scores, I might as well do...
2010-01-15
771 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...
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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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