Idera ACE Program
On March 9th a tweet went out by David Fargo announcing the 2012 Idera ACE’s and my twitter handle was...
2012-03-14
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Tim Radney - Database Professional
Find the version of the Master DB from a backup
Try researching recovering the master database online and you will see countless references to having to have SQL at the...
2012-01-25 (first published: 2012-01-20)
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SQL Server Login Auditing
In recent months I have been asked to ensure we are auditing both successful and failed logins, not just failed...
2012-01-05 (first published: 2012-01-03)
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Increase SQL Server Error Log Files
Recently I learned that you can and probably should increase the number of SQL Server Error logs that your instance...
2012-01-04 (first published: 2011-12-30)
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RedGate SQL Index Manager BETA
I recently attended the first micro training event with Red Gate where Grant Fritchey demonstrated a BETA tool called SQL...
2011-12-29
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When training is just that good!
I have the privilege of attending SQL Skills Immersion Event week one in Atlanta GA this week. My expectations were...
2011-12-08
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First Blog Since the PASS Summit
The time following the PASS Summit has been absolutely crazy for me. Upon returning home I spent some much needed...
2011-12-08
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Summit Sessions Day Three
I started out day three after the keynote by attending Adam Machanic session on Query Tuning. I must say that...
2011-10-15
610 reads
Summit Sessions Day 2
Day two of sessions only had me attending three sessions. One of them was 3 hours. I started out after...
2011-10-15
604 reads
Final Summit Keynote – NoSQL = Not Only SQL
The keynote started out with Rob Farley and Buck Woody singing an awesome song about a slow running query. What...
2011-10-14
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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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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