Stupid me #3 – Building the script component
After over 6 months of silence, it is time again for another Stupid me™®©! For those unfamiliar with the concept:
Every...
2013-10-01
644 reads
Koen Verbeeck
Stupid me #3 – Building the script component
After over 6 months of silence, it is time again for another Stupid me™®©! For those unfamiliar with the concept:
Every...
2013-10-01
356 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #46: Rube Goldberg Machine
It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and you know what time it is! That’s right, another installment of T-SQL...
2013-09-10
795 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #46: Rube Goldberg Machine
It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and you know what time it is! That’s right, another installment of T-SQL...
2013-09-10
437 reads
SSIS Deployment with PowerShell: Adding Environment References
With the release of the revamped Integration Services in SQL Server 2012, a bunch of new deployment methods were introduced...
2013-08-21
7,718 reads
Rants about Connect
The site connect.microsoft.com is a wonderful concept: you can provide feedback about the Microsoft products, report bugs and give suggestions...
2013-07-29
709 reads
Data Visualization – Book Review
To prepare myself for my session Data Visualization Tips & Tricks, I read a few books. In this blog post, I’ll...
2013-07-16
1,089 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #44: The second chance
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Bradly Ball (blog | twitter) and the topic is second chances. The idea is...
2013-07-09
636 reads
SQL 2014 CTP1, where is my BIDS?
Oh wait sorry, I meant SSDT. Or was it SSDTBI? To avoid confusion about the developer tool to create BI...
2013-06-28
4,491 reads
Building a SharePoint 2013 BI Demo Environment Part 10 – Creating a BI site
In the final part of this series, we will create a BI subsite in our site collection. You can use...
2013-06-12
3,075 reads
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Database file shrink issue.
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The North Star for the Year
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Multiple Escape Characters
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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