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Top 10 Careers in Data

Would you re-order these? Machine Learning Engineer $$$$$ Develop and deploy AI models Optimize machine learning algorithms for efficiency Work with big data frameworks to process large datasets Data...

2025-02-28 (first published: )

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T-SQL Tuesday #183 Roundup

I hosted this month’s T-SQL Tuesday party with my invitation asking about tracking permissions. I didn’t get my own post completed in time, but I’ll add it in the...

2025-02-28 (first published: )

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The Mysterious Empty Table

It seems like no matter how long you work with a system beyond a trivial size, you’ll find something new every so often. A little while ago, I found...

2025-02-26 (first published: )

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UNISTR Escape

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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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