Schedulers To Rule Them All
Sometimes things just don’t make sense.
One of our production servers has 4×8 (4 sockets, 8 core) processors with hyper threading enabled. This...
2017-03-17
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May MVP – Bob Pusateri
Whoa. I’m way behind in my blogging.
For the month of May, my MVP choice is Bob Pusateri (B|T).
Bob is a...
2016-10-06
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I’m Speaking! SQL Saturday #548 – Kansas City
This weekend I’ll be traveling to Kansas City, Missouri for their annual SQL Saturday. This particular event is like going home...
2016-09-22
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Quick Script – Finding Most Recent Backup
Recently I have had to restore a number of databases into our training environment. Looking up each backup individually would...
2016-09-27 (first published: 2016-09-19)
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April MVP – Chris Yates
The April MVP nomination is Chris Yates (B|T).
Chris is one of those individuals that always have a positive outlook on...
2016-04-28
876 reads
Changing Of the Guard
As many of you know, I stay very active within the PASS community. In late 2007 I got my start,...
2016-04-14
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March MVP – Gareth Swanepoel
The March nomination is Gareth Swanepoel (B|T).
If you don’t know Gareth you should make it a point to get to know...
2016-03-31
770 reads
Nothing To See Here
In a galaxy far, far, far away a developer of a third party application somewhere in the Hoth system had to...
2016-03-29
889 reads
February MVP – Melody Zacharias
The February MVP nomination goes to Melody Zacharias (B|T).
Melody hails from our neighboring country to the north, beautiful Canada. While we...
2016-03-17
425 reads
January MVP – Mike Fal
In case you missed it, back in November I blogged about the importance of nominating individuals within the SQL Server...
2016-03-10
380 reads
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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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