Where have all the Orphans gone?
Do your database users appear to be having an out of body experience? Have they lost all ties to their...
2012-10-03
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SQL RNNR
Where have all the Orphans gone?
Do your database users appear to be having an out of body experience? Have they lost all ties to their login? Does it feel like maybe what this baby...
2012-10-03
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September Events
Wow, I can’t believe it is already September of 2012. Labor day has come and gone, school is in session...
2012-09-04
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September Events
Wow, I can’t believe it is already September of 2012. Labor day has come and gone, school is in session and the SQL Community is still busy. With that,...
2012-09-04
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August 2012 S3OLV Meeting
Well well well. It has certainly been a long time between announcements on the blog about meetings for the Las...
2012-07-30
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August 2012 S3OLV Meeting
Well well well. It has certainly been a long time between announcements on the blog about meetings for the Las Vegas SQL Server Users Group. We have had to...
2012-07-30
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Where in the World is…
You may or may not have noticed that over the past several months I have been somewhat absent from my...
2012-07-18
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Where in the World is…
You may or may not have noticed that over the past several months I have been somewhat absent from my blog. Very few articles if any have been produced....
2012-07-18
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A Trio of EachDB
When administering a larger database environment, sometimes one needs to perform repetitive tasks. Performing repetitive tasks becomes more and more...
2012-07-17
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A Trio of EachDB
When administering a larger database environment, sometimes one needs to perform repetitive tasks. Performing repetitive tasks becomes more and more painful (maybe even demoralizing) with the larger the number...
2012-07-17
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The North Star for the...
Multiple Escape Characters
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Multiple Escape Characters
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