Managing By The Numbers Part 2
Managing by the numbers often gets a bad name among employees because it can lead to a lot of gaming...
2008-12-08
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Blog Posts
Tampa Code Camp Notes
I attended the Tampa Code Camp this past weekend. It was located at the Kforce Building in Tampa, a very...
2008-12-08
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Trying to Figure Out if SQL Server 2008 Data Compression Will Benefit You?
SQL Server 2008 (Enterprise Edition) offers row and page compression, which can potentially offer a boost in disk I/O in...
2008-12-08
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Using Result Set as Variable in Stored Procedure
I’ve been asked several times lately from non-SQL developers that are sometimes required to do some quick SQL work how...
2008-12-08
3,406 reads
A skinnier SQL Server Magazine
I could have sworn that my SQL Server Magazine seemed much smaller this month. When I pulled out last’s months...
2008-12-07
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Managing By The Numbers Part 1
I have a long held belief that if you really care about results, you have to measure them somehow. The...
2008-12-07
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Starting a Technical Blog (Link)
Brent Ozar had a nice post recently on starting a technical blog, well worth reading and a good addition to...
2008-12-07
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Database Administrtion Skillset Investment Rules
With each new release of SQL Server version, there is something new to learn. In SQL Server 6.5 days, it...
2008-12-05
783 reads
Inbox Zero
An interesting idea in this video. I’d recommend you watch this if you have too much email. It's from the...
2008-12-05
427 reads
Keeping Shorn
One interesting thing about doing the podcasts and working from home is that I tend to shave a bit more...
2008-12-05
390 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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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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