Ezekiel is an IT professional with over ten years experience in building database applications and BI solutions. He holds a BSc Computer Science degree from KNUST, Ghana and a MSc Business IT degree from Kingston Business School, London. He has delivered solutions for the Insurance, Banking, Telecom and Housing Industries and his key expertise include developing Microsoft BI solutions using the full stack and C#, Business Process Improvement and Project Risk Management. He is a Microsoft SQL Server Certified Professional.

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Multiple Escape Characters

In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation): 

SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned?

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