Almost Back from Vacation
I’ve been ‘on vacation’ for two weeks and it’s been nice to relax. I wasn’t able to unplug entirely, but...
2010-01-04
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Blog Posts
Early Reviews of New Intel 32nm Desktop and Mobile CPUs
Well, now that the holidays are over and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is nearly upon us, we are starting...
2010-01-04
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Stripe Size, Block Size, and IO Patterns
If you have been following this series we have covered system buses, hard disks, host bus adapters and RAID. Along...
2010-01-04
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Is it a problem if I don’t blog?
I’ve had a few people ask me this question. It’s the new year, many people are making New Year’s resolutions,...
2010-01-04
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Is it a problem if I don’t blog?
I’ve had a few people ask me this question. It’s the new year, many people are making New Year’s resolutions,...
2010-01-04
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Sometimes the tools don’t work
We have a lot of administrative tools for SQLServerCentral that are available online. Most of the work I do can...
2010-01-04
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SQL Lunch #7 – Top Tablix Tips
SQL Lunch # 7 – Top Tablix Tips
Speaker: Jessica Moss
Topic: Top Tablix Tips
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SQL Server Reporting Services 2008...
2010-01-04
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SQL Server Standard Article Abstracts
I’d really like to publish your article in SQL Server Standard. All I need from you is an abstract, a...
2010-01-04
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Users Group Participation
I have been pondering over my local PASS chapter and participation. And more specifically about why I should participate, and...
2010-01-04
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Denver SQL Server User’s Group Meeting on January 21
The Denver SQL Server User’s Group will be having their January meeting on Thursday, January 21, 2010. The meeting will...
2010-01-03
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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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Happy Holidays, Let's Do Nerdy Stuff
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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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