Auditing for Blank Passwords
Auditing blank passwords in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 proves a bit more challenging than in SQL Server 2000. In...
2008-11-01
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2008 Data Compression Example
I was experimenting with the effects of row and page compression in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.
First, I identified...
2008-10-31
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Follow Up to Blog Review Post
A month or so ago I posted Blog Review - Yours & Mine to see what I might get for feedback about...
2008-10-30
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New Books on SQL Server 2008
Since the release of SQL Server 2008, a slew of new books have been released, or are about to be...
2008-10-30
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The October 2008 Energy Update - So Much Passion
Do we have an energy crisis or not? Is global warming real? Are we being affected by burning fossil fuels?
I...
2008-10-30
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The Wise Old Man Part 2
In my previous post The Wise Old Man Part 1 I wrote about a great session I attended during SQL...
2008-10-30
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The Wise Old Man Part 1
During one of the sessions that I attended during SQL Saturday in Orlando I had the privilege of listening to...
2008-10-29
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Thoughts on .Net Reflector Being Acquired by Red Gate
This is an unpaid/unsolicited comment about a product now owned by Red Gate Software. Purely my opinions, and I'll try...
2008-10-29
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A Break
Only a small one, but I appreciate every one I get. Not often that I get to leave the site...
2008-10-28
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Effecting Change
Over the years Andy Warren, Brian Knight, and I have talked about PASS quite a bit. It hasn't always been...
2008-10-28
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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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