T-SQL Tuesday #67 – Extended Events
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is about extended events and comes from Jes Borland (B|T).
Like in most environments, we utilize...
2015-06-16 (first published: 2015-06-09)
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SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 Install Errors
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Database Growth
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Free Your Mind. Release Your Inner Developer
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SQL Saturday 392 – Atlanta, GA
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Quick Script: Finding Database Owners & Security Admins
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T-SQL Tuesday #65 – Failing Over with PowerShell
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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