From 5d023438c4f51d0f90aff54f78771e768669ec12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chad Baldwin Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 04:07:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add post banner --- ...024-07-09-fun-with-unicode-in-sql-queries.md | 2 +- ...24-07-09-fun-with-unicode-in-sql-queries.png | Bin 0 -> 13084 bytes 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 img/postbanners/2024-07-09-fun-with-unicode-in-sql-queries.png diff --git a/_posts/2024-07-09-fun-with-unicode-in-sql-queries.md b/_posts/2024-07-09-fun-with-unicode-in-sql-queries.md index c086d73..a3db6a2 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-07-09-fun-with-unicode-in-sql-queries.md +++ b/_posts/2024-07-09-fun-with-unicode-in-sql-queries.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: "Fun with Unicode characters in SQL Queries" description: "Unicode characters are a fun and useful way to help make your query results easier to read and even make some fun graphics." date: 2024-07-09T07:00:00-07:00 tags: T-SQL -#image: img/postbanners/2022-06-02-whats-new-in-sql-server-2022.png +image: img/postbanners/2024-07-09-fun-with-unicode-in-sql-queries.png --- I never thought this would make for a good blog post, but here we are. Every single time I share a query that uses Unicode characters, someone _always_ asks me what it is and why I'm using it. 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