As a SQL DBA, what do you do when a vendor application has performance problems that are code related? Server settings don’t generally seem to be an issue. Queries...
2024-05-20 (first published: 2024-05-02)
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In SQL Server, the terms “set-based” and “row-based” refer to different approaches or styles of writing SQL code to manipulate data. These styles have implications for performance, readability, and...
2023-12-18 (first published: 2023-12-01)
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What are you most concerned about in your database platforms? Please pick from the list below, and expand on your choice in the comments if you like: Thanks...
2023-11-08 (first published: 2023-10-25)
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Please continue doing your backups! Backups are Disaster Recovery, yes…but not HA. Some will argue with this (in the comments most likely), but I broadly define “High Availability” as...
2023-11-01 (first published: 2023-10-17)
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Problem: My PocketDBA® client called in with a non-responsive SQL Server. Application errors, timeout, alerts firing. SQL Server box is up, and the services are running. Background: This is...
2023-09-06
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Lets compare them anyway, just for fun. Both have an engine Both have a monitoring device (Dashboard/Activity Monitor) Both need power (Gas/Electricity) Both need to be told what do...
2023-09-05
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Every now and then we like to have someone do a guest post, with a topic of their own choosing. This time, we picked Kevin Miller (LI). Kevin is...
2023-08-21 (first published: 2023-08-01)
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Pain Point: Something bad happened and you need to restore a SQL Server database. Pain Point you didn’t know you had: The backup files are all corrupt due a...
2023-07-25
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(for your reading pleasure, written by Jules. –ed) We have all had that sinking feeling of defeat: you’ve just finished explaining a very important and highly technical thing to...
2023-07-05 (first published: 2023-06-20)
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“Work Smarter, not Harder” We’ve all heard it before, pretty much any job, anywhere. In our DBA slice of the IT world, this is very relevant to how we...
2023-05-08 (first published: 2023-04-28)
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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...
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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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