Looking for a DBA Diversion?
If you haven't done so, check out this Simple-Talk Editorial by Tony Davis, in addition to all the comments the...
2008-12-23
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Blog Posts
Hiring Your First Employee
Visit Business of Software
It’s my boss, or rather the owner of the company I work for (yes I work for...
2008-12-22
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Office Ribbon - Find The Command/Out of Office?
I guess I'm stuck in the past, but the Office Ribbon still hasn't grown on me. I think it makes...
2008-12-22
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Call It a Day, or a Day Minus 2 Milliseconds
There's one report that I look at every day to assess how things are going on a project we launched...
2008-12-21
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Sp_altermessage “Classic”, much better than “New” sp_altermessage
I was reading through the SQL Server 2005 SP3 release notes yesterday (sadly, it was enjoyable) and clicked through to...
2008-12-19
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Version Restores
I saw a question today on restoring a SQL Server 7 backup to SQL Server 2005, and I wasn't sure...
2008-12-19
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A Week of Books - Part 5
Last and not least this week, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. This is an authorized biography...
2008-12-18
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Evaluate Jack Corbetts Blog
My friend Jack has been blogging for almost a year now and is looking for feedback. If you're a blogger...
2008-12-18
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SQL Quiz: Two Mistakes
I was tagged by Gail Shaw to post two big mistakes made during my professional career. The only challenge here...
2008-12-18
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The December Car Update
I missed the November Car update, but I was too busy with the PASS Summit to get one done.
However last...
2008-12-18
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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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