Part 2 of Steve Jones' Incident Response series that looks at how you should be prepared as well as what to do when disaster strikes. Part 1 established a basic framework and part 2 dives deeper into what you might need for the next virus, hardware failure, or hurricane :(.
The SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for Financial Reporting is a set of six Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services reports that work with a sample financial database called FinSampleDB.
With the Report Pack, you have the choice of using the sample reports either as-is or as templates for designing new reports using the SQL Server Reporting Services Report Designer.
Andy has some examples of not very high tech solutions that involve some technology behind the scenes, but the binding factor was that someone had to see the problem first. Not about SQL, but we think it is on topic.
The SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for Microsoft Exchange is a set of 13 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services reports that work with a Microsoft Exchange sample reporting database.
With the Report Pack, you have the choice of using the sample reports either as-is or as templates for designing new reports using the SQL Server Reporting Services Report Designer.
Every shop with any sort of IT organization should be scanning for vulnerabilities and issues with their systems and SQL Server is no exception. Security software vendor has a tool that can scan and report on all your SQL Servers is an easy to use product called Typhon III. Our security expert Brian Kelley takes a look at this product.
MAK examines how to save all of the DTS packages from SQL Server to a structured storage file automatically.
SQL Server is an amazing business intelligence platforum, including many tools that other vendors force you to buy separately. New Author Ramunas Balukonis is working with this platform and has built a system that helps him perform analysis on just what his Analysis Server is doing.
This article contains guidelines compiled by examining the .NET implementations of shipping .NET applications and analyzing the common performance mistakes that we found. The guidelines discuss selecting .NET objects and methods, designing .NET applications, retrieving data, and updating data.
Are you looking to change jobs? Is your company looking to hire a new SQL Server DBA that's a star? David Poole looks at some of the pitfalls of hiring a star as well as things you may want to consider when looking for a new job.
The SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for Microsoft CRM is a set of six Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services reports that work with the Microsoft CRM 1.2 sample database.
With the Report Pack, you have the choice of using the sample reports either as-is or as templates for designing new reports using the SQL Server Reporting Services Report Designer.
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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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