Speaking at PASS Summit
I found out last week that I will be presenting three sessions at the PASS Summit 2013 in Charlotte, NC....
2013-08-05
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Glenn Berry
24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview Edition
The latest 24 Hours of PASS (24HOP) event will start at 12:00 GMT on July 31, with 24 back-to-back one...
2013-07-30
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Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware
On July 25, I had the opportunity to present Hardware 201 for the PASS Performance Virtual Chapter. You can download...
2013-07-26
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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 CU12
On July 15, Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update 12, which is Build 10.0.5844. I count...
2013-07-23
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SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 CU5
On July 15, Microsoft released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 5. This is Build 11.0.3373, and I...
2013-07-23
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OT: Kicked Out of a Motel for Charging at 12 Amps
This is a pretty long story…
My wife and I had an interesting road trip to Salida, CO this past weekend,...
2013-07-16
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SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for July 2013
I have gone through and made some minor updates and bug fixes for all of my SQL Server Diagnostic Information...
2013-07-09
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Updates Released
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. One is for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service...
2013-06-17
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Speaking in Denver and Boulder in June
I will be speaking at the Boulder SQL Server User’s Group on June 18, 2013 and at the Denver SQL...
2013-06-06
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New Immersion Event Classes at SQLskills
There are three new upcoming Immersion Event classes from SQLskills, including one that I will be teaching, which is the...
2013-05-28
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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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