ADF: Querying JSON documents
In my previous blog post I talked about how to read from an XML Webervice and use xpath to query the XML on the expressions side of things. You...
2021-03-04 (first published: 2021-02-26)
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 4 Mar 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-03-04
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How to: exec sp_help on temp tables?
Say you have a temp table and you want to see the columns names.
For example, I was trying to convert a query from using a #temp table to a...
2021-03-04 (first published: 2021-02-26)
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Microsoft Ignite Announcements 2021
Microsoft Ignite has always announced many new products and new product features, and this year was no exception. Many exciting announcements, and below I list the major data platform and...
2021-03-04
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2020 Advent of Code–Day 3
This series looks at the Advent of Code challenges. As one of my goals, I’m working through challenges. This post looks at day 3. Part 1 Day 3 was...
2021-03-03 (first published: 2021-02-24)
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Daily Coping 3 Mar 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-03-03
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Linux to Windows Authentication
As you are all very well aware Linux to Windows for access to SQL Server can be a slippery slope to doom. So I have decided to create an...
2021-03-03 (first published: 2021-02-25)
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Which configuration changes in SQL Server require a restart?
SQL Server is a complex beast, with many configuration options that can range from recommended to completely avoided. Since the release of SQL Server 2016, several options that were...
2021-03-03
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Automatic Sample Sizes for Statistics Updates
Looking at how SQL Server samples your data when doing auto-stats updates. Part of a series on understanding statistics, to help you achieve optimal performance of your queries on...
2021-03-02 (first published: 2021-02-24)
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Cannot expand VMDKs with NVMe storage controller on VMware without a reboot
After doing some digging today with a Client, we hit a roadblock on something that I need to share with using the NVMe virtual disk controller on the VMware...
2021-03-02 (first published: 2021-02-23)
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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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