SQL University: Authentication and Authorization
Welcome back to class, folks, here at SQL University. This week we're going to take a look at the basics...
2009-10-25
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Brian Kelley
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Another Year, Another Missed PASS Summit
This year I was really looking forward to going to the PASS Summit. It's worth every penny in the knowledge you'll...
2009-10-23
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Habits and Activities for De-Stressing
I was chatting on FaceBook today with a guy from my church who is learning to be a network engineer. He's...
2009-10-22
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Enabling the Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC) in SQL Server Express
SQL Server Express has the same code base as the rest of the versions of SQL Server, but there are some differences in how to set it up and configure various tasks. MVP Brian Kelley shows us how to enable the Dedicated Administrator Connection.
2009-10-21
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Review: ASUS Eee PC 1005HA Netbook
Our home desktop was several years old and due for replacement. I still have my Dell laptop, and it's still more than...
2009-10-19
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Vetting the PASS Board of Directors candidates
I've had a pretty heavy involvement in Brent Ozar's interview of Matt Morollo. The reason for my intense activity is he was...
2009-10-16
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Are you sticking to your goals? Do you know what they are?
I've engaged a little in the discussion on Matt Morollo's interview on Brent Ozar's blog. It made me go back...
2009-10-15
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Weak Passwords Discovered in the 10,000 Disclosed Hotmail/Live.com/MSN leaked accounts
By now, hopefully everyone has heard of the security breach where accounts and passwords were found on a public site listed the account usernames and passwords of some 10,000 users. Initially it was just reported to be Hotmail/Live.com/MSN, but it turns
2009-10-13
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Afraid of Presenting? Try Toastmasters
I should be writing a technical post in the next day or so. I've been focusing more on the community...
2009-10-12
1,328 reads
Carolina Code Camp - The Good and the Bad
This past Saturday I was able to participate in the Carolina Code Camp, help just outside Charlotte, NC. I was...
2009-10-12
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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