Two Book Recommendations
I have two new books that I can heartily recommend. This isn’t a review of either book since I’ve only...
2009-08-20
568 reads
The Scary DBA
SQL Server Standard Writing Guidelines
Well, actually, these are the guidelines for submitting anything to SQLPASS, but it includes the guidelines for SQL Server Standard....
2009-08-13
1,169 reads
Excellent Blog List
For the one or two you that are not reading Buck Woody’s blog (and why aren’t you), you may not...
2009-08-12
704 reads
SQL Quiz 5: SANs Mirroring
My turn to answer Chris Shaw’s questions “Do I feel I have a reliable SAN solution?” and “Describe Database Mirroring...
2009-08-12
629 reads
Some Statement Start Times!
I thought I had captured statement start times within the DMV sys.dm_exec_sessions. I was absolutely wrong. However, this has sparked...
2009-08-11
951 reads
Microsoft Thrive
I was introduced to the Thrive program when my user group held a Thrive event back in March. Since then...
2009-08-09
545 reads
Active August #2
Hrmmm… 198. Up four pounds. That just doesn’t seem possible. I did a tabata on Monday. I did have a...
2009-08-08
534 reads
Presenting “Understanding Execution Plans”
The PASS Application Development SIG is hosting a web cast next week on Tuesday where I’ll be presenting Understanding Execution...
2009-08-07
820 reads
Pain of the Week Webcast
Thursday this week I get to hang out, virtually, with some of the heavy hitters of the industry, Brent Ozar,...
2009-08-03
520 reads
SQL Server Standard
PASS is relaunching the SQL Server Standard with a wholly new approach and format. I’ll put more out about it...
2009-08-03
712 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