2017-08-02
70 reads
Editorial
2017-08-01
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2017-07-31
67 reads
Managing Passwords
This week Troy Hunt provides updated password guidelines, but Steve Jones notes many of us are in the middle, both managing and dealing with passwords.
2017-07-31
107 reads
A Summit Just North of The Big Easy
Steve Jones travels back to one of the largest free events in the country, SQL Saturday Baton Rouge.
2017-07-28
41 reads
2021-10-11 (first published: 2017-07-27)
207 reads
SQL Crossword #1
Today we start a new puzzle series, with a crossword puzzle from MVP Kenneth Fisher.
2017-07-26
934 reads
2017-07-25
61 reads
The Financial DBA
The future of the DBA might include lots of asset tracking and financial meetings.
2017-07-24
100 reads
2017-07-21
121 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