Production Scripts
Many of us have scripts that we run in SQL Agent jobs, but Steve wonders if we really treat them like production code.
2018-02-12
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Editorials
What to Read in 2018
Steve loves to read all sorts of books and is asking what books you'd read professionally or for fun in 2018.
2018-02-09
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2018-02-07
285 reads
Influence the Program
You have the opportunity to influence the makeup of the conference agenda for the PASS Summit
2018-02-06
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Finding the Right Data
Big Data hasn't been in the news, perhaps because more organizations are realizing they need the right data.
2018-02-05
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2018-02-05
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Bad Days
This Friday Steve Jones wants you to look back and cringe a bit. Share with the rest of the community what a bad day was for you and see if it was really as bad as you think.
2018-02-02 (first published: 2014-03-21)
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2018-02-01
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2018-01-31
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Lowering the Noise
We are busy as administrators, and it can be very useful to ensure our systems avoid adding to our workload.
2018-01-30
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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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Happy Holidays, Let's Do Nerdy Stuff
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UNISTR Escape
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Celebrating Tomorrow
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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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