Indexes Out the Window
I ran into a peculiarly puzzling situation with a query I have been tuning of late. The query runs some...
2010-01-26
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Blogs
Finding Invalid SQL Logins
As many of you know the system stored procedure sp_validatelogins is used for finding invalid logins. Although sp_validatelogins is useful there's...
2010-01-19
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Implement a stack in SQL Server using stored procedures
In this article I will show you how to implement a stack. In programming, stacks are a great way to...
2010-01-18
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House of Commons Justice Committee Related to The European Union's Data Protection-Retention Directives
Just this past week on Tuesday afternoon, U.K. Information Commissioner Christopher Graham spoke in the Wilson Room for the House...
2010-01-15
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Error rsAccessDenied : The permissions granted to user 'Toma-PC\Toma' are insufficient for performing this operation.
In my problem of the day, I found this one out on the Microsoft Reporting Services Forum. I bumped my head...
2010-01-14
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That DARN TOMCAT
Here is a challenge that had me stumped for several days. Besides for working with Reporting Services on a day...
2010-01-13
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Goals for 2010
Last year I wrote about my goals for 2009. Yesterday I looked over them and evaluated my performance. I think...
2010-01-12
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2010 First Quarter Goals
I have been reading several blog postings about 2010 goals. First, I want to applaud all of you for setting...
2010-01-12
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10 Goals For 2010
As is the traditional thing to do at the beginning of a new year I'm making goals for what I'd...
2010-01-12
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2010-01-12
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Blogs
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...
Start with the FabricTools PowerShell module
By Kamil
Managing Microsoft Fabric at scale quickly becomes painful if you rely only on the...
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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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