Microsoft Certified Trainer!
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2017-05-28
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Some stuff with Date and Time in SQL Server
I’m writing this post because I want to put some more stuff around dates and times in one place. I additionally teach SQL Server classes and often come up...
2017-05-09
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Some stuff with Date and Time in SQL Server
I’m writing this post because I want to put some more stuff around dates and times in one place. I additionally teach SQL Server classes and often come up...
2017-05-09
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Some stuff with Date and Time in SQL Server
I’m writing this post because I want to put some more stuff around dates and times in one place. I...
2017-05-09
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Multiple usage of functions to ensure “value” is not null? – NO
In this post I’m describing a piece of code that is not well written. The author (unknown) had applied three functions for a variable to ensure it never accepts...
2017-04-29
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Multiple usage of functions to ensure “value” is not null? – NO
In this post I’m describing a piece of code that is not well written. The author (unknown) had applied three functions for a variable to ensure it never accepts...
2017-04-29
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Multiple usage of functions to ensure “value” is not null? – NO
In this post I’m describing a piece of code that is not well written. The author (unknown) had applied three...
2017-05-10 (first published: 2017-04-29)
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Mixed page allocation
MIXED_PAGE_ALLOCATION is a new option introduced with SQL Server 2016. It controls whether the database can create initial pages using a mixed extent for the first eight pages of...
2017-04-08
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Mixed page allocation
MIXED_PAGE_ALLOCATION is a new option introduced with SQL Server 2016. It controls whether the database can create initial pages using a mixed extent for the first eight pages of...
2017-04-08
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Mixed page allocation
MIXED_PAGE_ALLOCATION is a new option introduced with SQL Server 2016. It controls whether the database can create initial pages using...
2017-04-08
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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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