In Boston for TechEd
This will be my first ever TechEd and I'm looking forward to it. I was able to go to the...
2006-06-11
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Brian Kelley
- Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology
Two things I wish they'd change about endpoints in SQL Server 2005
I've
been playing around with endpoints in SQL Server 2005 looking at how they can
be used to enhance security for SQL...
2006-05-27
2,144 reads
When It Takes Time...
Saw this from Jason Haley's Interesting Finds post for the morning of May 25, 2006:
Project Managing Latency or: How to...
2006-05-25
1,450 reads
Disaster Recovery and SQL Server, Part II
In a previous post, Disaster Recovery and SQL Server, Part I,
I pointed to the Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article which...
2006-05-24
1,495 reads
SQL Prompt
I downloaded and installed SQL Prompt from Red Gate this morning. If
you aren't aware, PromptSQL was bought by Red Gate...
2006-05-23
1,622 reads
Disaster Recovery and SQL Server, Part I
The last few weeks I've been working on disaster recovery procedures
for my organization. We review them at least yearly to...
2006-05-20
1,649 reads
Backing up virtual machines on VMware ESX Server
I know VMware and Virtual Server
technology is becoming more and more prevalent in organizations as both
packages can greatly reduce hardware...
2006-05-17
1,614 reads
Nice Article on Security Myths in May/June 2006 Issue of TechNet Magazine
The May/Jone 2006 issue of TechNet Magazine has a feature on security. One of the articles is titled Deconstructing Common...
2006-05-12
1,531 reads
Services for SQL Server 2000
In this article, Brian Kelley focuses on learning the various services in SQL Server. He also covers the security needed to make them work.
2006-05-12 (first published: 2002-01-03)
50,802 reads
Review of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, Part 1 of 4
Back in First Impressions of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services,
I indicated I felt the book was worth the buy...
2006-05-10
1,457 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Pyramid Schemes
By Steve Jones
If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a...
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...
Forums
Database file shrink issue.
Hi experts, I have a 3+ TB database on a 2019 sql server which...
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