Dude, where’s my Power Map?
If you haven’t noticed lately, Power Map has gone into General Availability as of 25 of February 2014. It comes...
2014-03-06 (first published: 2014-02-26)
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Koen Verbeeck
Dealing with the mysterious “True” column in BIML
Recently I ran into the following error when compiling BIML into SSIS packages:
The message itself is not very revealing:
The data...
2014-02-18
1,010 reads
Calculating the length of a hash in SQL Server
Some time ago I added a script component to a few SSIS packages to compare rows with each other using...
2014-02-11
2,543 reads
Master Data Services (Second Edition) – Review
For the preparation of my upcoming talk about SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services on the Microsoft Business Analytics Day...
2014-01-31
1,922 reads
Star Schema The Complete Reference – Review
I finished my first book of this year and here’s the review! After I finished the newest edition of Ralph...
2014-01-23
1,180 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #50: Automation, how much of it is the same?
It’s the second Tuesday of the New Year, so here comes the first T-SQL Tuesday of 2014! SQLChow (blog | twitter)...
2014-01-14
672 reads
Happy 2014
I am a bit late with the almost obligatory “How was my past year and how do I think next...
2014-01-07
582 reads
Nominated for the Tribal Awards
I’ve been notified I am a finalist for the category Best New Voice at the Tribal Awards. These awards are...
2013-12-19
1,046 reads
Nominated for the Tribal Awards
I’ve been notified I am a finalist for the category Best New Voice at the Tribal Awards. These awards are...
2013-12-19
916 reads
SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Blueprints – Review
Recently Packt Publishing released the book SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Blueprints authored by Marlon Ribunal (blog|twitter) and Mickey Stuewe...
2013-12-12
774 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
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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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