SQL Server STUFF
The STUFF function in SQL Server is one of those little gems that is very under-used but when needed can be a real handy utility – at least that’s...
2022-01-10
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More Times Like These with SQL Server
I blogged the other about have some issues translating Oracle date formats to SQL Server date data types I find the way SQL Server handles dates with a defined...
2021-12-06
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Times Like These with SQL Server
I was doing some conversion of Oracle code (PL/SQL) to SQL Server code (T-SQL) – which had some quirks. I just thought that I’d share a quick tip that...
2021-12-02
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What exactly is a modern data warehouse?
G’day, I was asked recently what a modern data warehouse is – and that’s a vey thought provoking question. First, there’s the tag “Modern” – I think what’s modern...
2020-12-14
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OPENJSON and CROSS APPLY
OPENJSON is pretty central to manipulating JSON documents in T-SQL. As we’ve seen, we can use a default schema that will return metadata about the JSON document or we...
2020-06-24 (first published: 2020-06-09)
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OPENJSON and CROSS APPLY
OPENJSON is pretty central to manipulating JSON documents in T-SQL. As we’ve seen, we can use a default schema that will return metadata about the JSON document or we...
2020-06-09
15 reads
OPENJSON and an Alias
Using Aliases in T-SQL is very common. We can alias both Tables (FROM clause) and Columns (SELECT clause) and some other things too. It’s all pretty fundamental to writing...
2020-06-08
284 reads
OPENJSON and an Alias
Using Aliases in T-SQL is very common. We can alias both Tables (FROM clause) and Columns (SELECT clause) and some other things too. It’s all pretty fundamental to writing...
2020-06-08
11 reads
OPENJSON : Getting to the data, and the PATH – PART II
We’ve looked at getting pulling data from a JSON document into relational table format using an explicit schema that was defined in the WITH clause of the OPENJSON table...
2020-06-07
24 reads
OPENJSON : Getting to the data, and the PATH – PART II
We’ve looked at getting pulling data from a JSON document into relational table format using an explicit schema that was defined in the WITH clause of the OPENJSON table...
2020-06-07
4 reads
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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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