Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Spiderman
Originally posted on Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave:
I have to admit, Spiderman is my favorite superhero. The most...
2014-05-17
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Data Collection in SQL Server
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Allowing your App team to run SQL Agent Jobs
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That “Cannot Generate SSPI Context” headache
Problem : You have completed an SQL Server setup on a new instance. The setup is successful, you can connect locally...
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SQL Agent Error During Windows Failover Cluster Setup
Problem: You had just finished up installing cluster setup in your Primary node. After verifying your setup is complete and...
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Cumulative Update #16 for SQL Server 2008 SP3
Here’s a link for the download for the CU #16 for SQL2008 SP3 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2014/03/17/cumulative-update-16-for-sql-server-2008-sp3.aspx. The post also includes all the previous...
2014-03-31
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Understanding CXPACKET wait stats in SQL Server
Understanding CXPACKET From the SQL BOL (Books on Line) CXPACKET is defined as Class Exchange Packet and “occurs when trying...
2014-01-21
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Reviewer #17 Database Replication in SQL Server 2012
Wow, my first article for the year 2014! Here’s to a blessed and fruitful year ahead for all of us...
2014-01-08
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Understanding the Copy_Only option in Backups for SQL Server
The Copy_Only option is very useful in full backup scenario when you don’t want to break up the sequence of...
2014-01-08
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Multiple Escape Characters
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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
Hi, below i show various results trying to reach our ftp site (a globalscape...
Question of the Day
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? See possible answers