I'm Back!
I've been gone... wow. Since March 31st of this year?! Let's fix that.
So what has been holding me back?
Kids? I...
2016-09-23
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DBA On The Go
I hope you didn't miss it!
Warning: This is a really short post.
Today March 31st, BrentOzar.com is giving away their videos! Well, not giving away... but...
2016-03-31
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SQL Saturday Oklahoma City, OK: 422 August 29th, 2015!
We're proud to bring back the OKC SQL Saturday for the 5th year in a row! We have 3 precons...
2015-03-09
758 reads
SQL Server, Error message 1785, and cascading deletes: How it kills kittens
I've been gone for a bit, forgive the long delay. Who would have thought the hatred for a cascading delete...
2015-03-03
1,085 reads
I'm Speaking at SQL Saturday 300 - Kansas City and a Few Questions About SQL Saturdays!
This is just a short update. I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Kansas City! I really hope to see...
2014-09-08
584 reads
Speaker Buddy System
SirSQL made a rather stirring post recently. He talked about a speaker buddy system to help out new speakers in...
2014-07-25 (first published: 2014-07-21)
7,997 reads
Collaborated Training: What Legacy Will You Leave?
My very first IT job was a bit daunting for me. I really wanted to do my best but I...
2014-07-07
542 reads
Plagiarism: A Community Destroyed
Personal Thoughts
Just to be clear, I don't expect everyone to have my same thoughts. I personally fully support SQLServerCentral and...
2014-06-23
481 reads
Come see me in Baton Rouge Aug 2nd!
I've been accepted for SQL Saturday Baton Rouge!
Yes, I am a little excited. I've wanted to become a speaker for...
2014-06-16
513 reads
Documentation: What Can We Document?
I think I'd like to do a small short series on documentation. I personally love documentation. I honestly think most...
2014-06-09
737 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