2015-11-10 (first published: 2007-04-05)
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MS Word VBA to Format T-SQL Text as Rich Text
This VBA script was written for MS Word. It formats the text and sets default colors for keywords. SQL 2005's Management Studio now does this by default but the previous Query Analyzer did not offer this functionality. This is useful if you prefer to print and review code from time to time (not recommended for […]
2006-01-23 (first published: 2006-01-11)
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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';
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