My company, Pragmatic Works, is working through a Dynamics 365 migration. As part of that migration, we need reports. We have made the decision, seemingly obvious given who we...
2019-08-14
124 reads
See you in Baton Rouge this weekend! We have 13 tracks of professional development and training, from entry-level to expert, for SQL Server Administrators, Business Intelligence Developers, Data Analysts,...
2019-08-14
20 reads
After almost fifteen years of heavy usage by developers and database administrators (DBAs), it might seem like Microsoft’s free tool, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), is about to go...
2019-08-14
8 reads
I don’t know about your experience when it comes to SQL Server Agent jobs but often I receive requests to grant permission so that clients can handle their jobs...
2019-08-13
11 reads
I wrote about the violin plot custom visual by Daniel Marsh-Patrick back in February. I thought it was a good visual then, but version 1.3 has recently been released...
2019-08-13 (first published: 2019-08-01)
810 reads
In a recent post I wrote about collecting server performance metrics using Performance Monitor, a free utility built into Windows. With a little work up front, we are able...
2019-08-13 (first published: 2019-07-30)
2,974 reads
ETL Testing Part 2 - Operational Data Testing
This is the second part of a series on ETL testing, the first part explained about unit testing, and in this part,...
2019-08-13
197 reads
ETL Testing Part 2 - Operational Data Testing
This is the second part of a series on ETL testing, the first part explained about unit testing, and in this part,...
2019-08-13
3 reads
It feels like SQL Saturday Albany just wrapped up, but I have another announcement to make. I am proud to announce that I have been selected to speak at...
2019-08-13
3 reads
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Part 1: Introduction to Execution Plans
Part 2: Overview of Statistics
Part 3: Reading an Execution Plan
Part 4: Commonly Troublesome Operators
Part 5: Troubleshooting Execution Plans
When examining...
2019-08-13
5 reads
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Happy Holidays, Let's Do Nerdy...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item UNISTR Escape
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Celebrating Tomorrow
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: 
See possible answers