2019-05-23
Administration
SQL Server 2016: Here a NUMA, there a NUMA... Part 2
4x14 vcpus, 1472 total GB vRAM (368 GB per vNUMA n...
2019-05-23
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2019-05-22
SQL SERVER – Script to Enable PAGE and ROW Level Compression – Disable Compression
Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check Cl...
2019-05-22
When Was SQL Server Last Restarted? – Interview Question of the Week #225
Question: When Was SQL Server Last Restarted?
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2019-05-20
DIY Open Source NAS: How to Install FreeNAS
Open source NAS isn’t appropriate for every use case, but it can be ideal for lab deployments, smaller workgroups or active archive data.
2019-05-20
SQL SERVER – Fix Error – Login failed for user. Reason: Server is in script upgrade mode. Only administrator can connect at this time. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18401)
I recently had a very simple and interesting error received while I was working with Docker and Persistence Storage for my upcoming SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop. The...
2019-05-20
A Self-Serve System to Refresh Databases (Part 3)
This is the wrap up of this series on a system for developers to restore production database in test. It gets pretty detailed on the web setup side.
2019-05-16
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Underused sp_WhoIsActive capabilities: @delta_interval
Great Ghost In the last post, we looked at how to see if your query is misbehaving, or if things…
2019-05-10
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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