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Best-Practice Analytic Architecture to Support Business Strategy
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Microsoft Windows PowerShell and SQL Server 2005 SMO – Part 6
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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