Hardware 301 Presentation
I had the opportunity to present the latest version of Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Server Hardware two times...
2013-02-14
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Glenn Berry
Speaking at PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter
I will be speaking at the PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter on February 13, 2013 at 12PM MST. I will...
2013-02-09
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Information Queries (Feb 2013)
Here is the February 2013 version of my SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and...
2013-02-05
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (Feb 2013)
Here is the February 2013 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2013-02-01
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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update 9
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update 9, which is build 10.00.5829. As you might expect...
2013-01-25
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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (Jan 2013)
Here is the January 2013 version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2013-01-12
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (Jan 2013)
Here is the January 2013 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2013-01-12
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2012 Blog Statistics in Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every...
2012-12-31
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SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition Licensing Limits
As you might be aware, SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition has some hardware-related licensing limits that I think should be...
2012-12-29
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (Dec 2012)
Here is the December 2012 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2012-12-28
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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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