A Script A Day - Day 7 - Memory Queries
Today's script is a collection of a few memory queries I've collected from various sources over the years. These queries are by no...
2012-02-07
2,330 reads
Chris McGowan
A Script A Day - Day 6 - Drop and Create Database Snapshots
Today's Script will drop all database snapshots and create a database snapshot for all online read writeable user databases. I...
2012-02-06
3,877 reads
A Script A Day - Day 5 - Database Owner Permissions
Today's script will list all principals with membership in the db_owner fixed database role.
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- Database Owner Permissions ----------------------------------------------------------------- For more SQL resources, check...
2012-02-05
1,125 reads
A Script A Day - Day 4 - Estimated Time Left
Today's script allows you to keep track of how long left a statement has before it completes. I find this useful...
2012-02-04
483 reads
A Script A Day - Day 3 - Live Change Data Edit Template
Today's script is a template I use for the occasions when a data edit is required to be run against...
2012-02-03
563 reads
A Script A Day - Day 2 - Database Mail Troubleshooting
Today's script is a collection of simple queries I have saved for a time when I need to troubleshoot database...
2012-02-02
484 reads
A Script A Day - Day 1 - Database File To Volume Mapping
Today is the 1st February 2012 and as promised here is the first of script in my "A Script A Day"...
2012-02-01
572 reads
Database 101
I had an interesting phone call this morning from our professional services team. They are carrying out what I can...
2012-01-26
610 reads
Venting Frustration
We as DBA’s face an ever growing list of things to do and services to support. We work in high...
2012-01-25
590 reads
A Script a Day
In February I will be starting a series of Blog Posts I'm calling a "A Script a Day". Each day...
2012-01-24
618 reads
Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
Forums
The North Star for the Year
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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