Daily Coping 5 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to choose to see your mistakes as steps to help you learn. I preach this with the kids I coach. Mistakes will happen, but let’s...
2022-10-05
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Blog Posts
Registered for the Data Community Summit
I was reminded this week that I needed to get registered for the Data Community Summit 2022 since I’m speaking. I also needed a hotel, so I took some...
2022-10-05
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Running SQL Server in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
I previously wrote a post on how to convert a SQL Server Docker image to a Windows Subsystem for Linux distribution. I did this because if you tried to...
2022-10-05 (first published: 2022-09-27)
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Daily Coping 4 Oct
Today’s coping tip is to free up time by canceling any unnecessary plans. I. Suck. At. This. I don’t like to blow things off, and I do like to...
2022-10-04
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SQL Homework – October 2022 – Replication part 2
In August we started taking a look at replication. We learned some of the terms used, and set up a ... Continue reading
2022-10-04
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Book Review: SQL Server Query Tuning & Optimization
If you are like me and still prefer the physical book as your primary reading material, Benjamin Nevarez's book from Packt Publishing is a great book to add to...
2022-10-03 (first published: 2022-09-19)
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Daily Coping 3 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to write down three things you appreciate about yourself. I don’t mind self-evaluation, but I struggle a bit to publicly talk about things I do...
2022-10-03
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Function Vs. Performance
Recently I was looking through DBA.StackExchange when I saw a pretty simple question that I decided to answer. I went off, set up a test database and some test...
2022-10-03
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Putting counters in names
It’s not all that unusual, or unreasonable to put a counter in a name. For example let’s say you need ... Continue reading
2022-10-03 (first published: 2022-09-13)
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Being a script magpie
Last month (I ran just a little bit late writing this, it was meant to go out 9/29) Brent Ozar ... Continue reading
2022-10-01
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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...
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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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