Watch the State of SQL Server Monitoring tomorrow
Tomorrow Redgate is running a webinar on the State of SQL Server Monitoring with Grant, Chris Yates, Annette Allen, and Tony Maddonna. You can register now and attend on...
2019-06-24
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Blog Posts
What does the User Mapping tab of Login Properties really tell us.
In case it’s not clear, we are talking about the Login Properties GUI in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Now, ... Continue reading
2019-06-24
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Last Week Reading (2019-06-23)
Hello folks! Let’s take a look at a set of information from the field again. Press The best practices for performance comparison between Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL...
2019-06-23
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SQLServerCentral–Fixing the Time Zone
One of the bugs features of the bbPress forum software is that all posts were shown in a time zone, which for us was a default of UTC. Not...
2019-06-22
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#Working with files in Python with Dominika
School is done and I am starting vacations. I will be off for some weeks but before going for a vacations I would like to post some articles. This...
2019-06-21
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ASF 023 video invitation
I’m happy to announce that the next episode of “Ask SQL Family” podcast is coming. This time our guest is Amit Bansal. We were talking to him during this...
2019-06-21
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Guidance on Moving Off of SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
July 9, 2019 will be here soon. With it comes the end of support, including security updates for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 unless you either...
2019-06-21
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Specific String Pattern Magically Hidden From Step Output in SQL Agent History
Specific String Pattern Magically Hidden From Step Output in SQL Agent History. Who Knew?… Continue reading Specific String Pattern Magically Hidden From Step Output in SQL Agent History ?
2019-06-21
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The Data Platform is Important
I didn’t attend the //build/ conference this year and am slightly disappointed. Only slightly, since I was in these cities in May already and didn’t need another trip: London,...
2019-06-21 (first published: 2019-06-05)
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Why Security Through Obscurity Is Bad (Alone)
Security through (by) obscurity is where we try to protect an asset by hiding it. Anyone who has ever played the game Capture the Flag knows that a motivated...
2019-06-21 (first published: 2019-06-05)
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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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