Voting for the Board
I endorsed Andy Warren for the board the other day, and I'll stand by that. I'm biased, so if you're...
2008-11-18
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Blog Posts
Voting for the PASS Board
I got the email with a Zoomerang survey to vote for the PASS board. All are excellent candidates, but ultimately,...
2008-11-18
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Endorsing Andy Warren
OK, I'm biased. I'll admit it and you have every right to discount my endorsement, but I'll make the case...
2008-11-17
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PASS 2008 - Day 1 (Mon)
Fairly easy day, up at 5 am for an 8:15 am flight to Seattle via Detroit, arrived about 2:30 pm...
2008-11-17
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Pass Board of Directors Part 6
More updates from the nominating committee:
"As a PASS-slated candidate, we would like to promote you and your vision and experience...
2008-11-16
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Why I Want To Be On The PASS Board
This is what I provided to the nominating committee today. I think I could have worked on this for weeks...
2008-11-16
1,416 reads
Without SQL Server
I've been in Seattle since Friday afternoon and I've pretty much ignored SQL Server. And it's been nice!
I came up...
2008-11-16
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In remembrance of veterans and their families
Illiad has been running a series on his UserFriendly comic strip about veterans. It started on Monday and has continued...
2008-11-14
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MSSQLTips.com: How to Audit SysAdmin Logins
One of the first things I tried to do when logon triggers came out with Service Pack 2 of SQL...
2008-11-14
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PASS Board of Directors Part 5
Looks like I'm still in the game! Just received word from Kevin Kline (Past PASS President). Here are the candidates:
Andy...
2008-11-14
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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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