SQLSaturday #21 in Orlando on October 17, 2009
I had hoped to announce this much sooner, sometimes the wheels turn slowly. But turn they do! We’re back at...
2009-07-28
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Blog Posts
SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando Announced!
Andy Warren and crew at OPASS have announced that SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando will be held at Seminole Community College, 100...
2009-07-28
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Time Management – Not So Easy
Steve Jones sent me this link on time management that discusses two things – getting ‘ambushed’ at the start of the...
2009-07-28
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When did this statement start?
UPDATE: This post is incorrect. Adam nailed it in the comments. I explain my mistake here.
A question came up over...
2009-07-28
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Why Make Up Test Data? Snag Some Government Data
… and by government data, I mean the mountain of data recently made available by the G-Men on Data.gov. This site...
2009-07-28
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Closing Down SQLGroups.com
We (Brian, Steve, and I) provided hosting for SQL chapters going way back…maybe 2002 or 2003, on behalf of PASS....
2009-07-27
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I'm Certified, Now What?
I saw an article from Certification Magazine recently (via Trainsignal on twitter)
with that title. It compared the completion of certification...
2009-07-27
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Interested In *Free* SQL Training? Attend A SQL Saturday Near You!
Can't make the PASS summit? Or maybe you're going but looking for something whet your appetite between now and November....
2009-07-27
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SQLSaturday #16 South Florida
I'm giving a presentation at SQLSaturday in South Florida on August 8th 2009. If you haven't been to a SQLSaturday,...
2009-07-27
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Call for Nominations – PASS Board of Directors
Sometime in the next couple weeks will mark the beginning of the 30 day period where we accept nominations for the...
2009-07-26
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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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