PASS 2009 Summit Site Open
Registration has been open since the last Summit, but this year Bill Graziano and team have released the Summit 2009...
2009-03-24
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Blog Posts
Tips for Submitting Speaking Abstracts to the 2009 PASS Community Summit
As most of you know now, the Call for Speakers for the 2009 PASS Community Summit is open from March...
2009-03-24
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Data Mining With Google Insights For Search
I recently read a NYT article that highlighted how Google search data is being used to predict flu outbreaks at...
2009-03-23
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Overload & Stress - Part 1
As I gain more experience I've found that stress comes in three forms; stress that is there that you don't...
2009-03-23
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Policy Based Management - On Change Prevent, Doesn't
SQL Server 2008 introduces "Policy Based Management" (PBM) as a way to better manage your servers. This was a feature...
2009-03-23
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Heads I win, Tails You Lose
Imagine going to a casino with $100 dollars to gamble. As you enter, you notice a vending machine that sells...
2009-03-22
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PASS 2009 Summit - Call for Speakers is Open
The call for speakers is open through midnight on April 10, 2009, so get busy submitting those abstracts! Work hard...
2009-03-22
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Grinding
I've been amazed at the amount of content that I am getting at SQLServerCentral. So far, in 2009, I've received...
2009-03-20
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Kindle – DCMA Invocation
I’m not sure how I feel about Amazon invoking the DCMA clause to prevent other e-books from being read on...
2009-03-20
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Audi A4 Production
I found a cool video on the 37 Signals blog that showed the Audi A4 production process. It’s relatively low...
2009-03-19
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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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