The Traveling Data Professional
This week Steve Jones talks about the need to get away and asks if you have plans.
2017-06-23
77 reads
Editorial
Backup Plans for Data Loss
Today Steve Jones discusses data loss, always a scary topic for the data professional.
2017-06-22
95 reads
Migrating Schema Between Platforms
The decision to change platforms isn't one Steve Jones takes lightly.
2017-06-20
78 reads
DevOps Can Help
DevOps can help, not just development, but also infrastructure, if you spend time adapting the practices to your environment.
2017-06-19
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2017-06-19
198 reads
Your Job Description
This Friday Steve Jones talks about job posting and descriptions. This is the chance to think about what you do and how you might describe this to your replacement.
2017-06-16
103 reads
Securing the Things
The Internet of Things is coming, and bringing lots of data, but security needs to be included as well.
2017-06-15
48 reads
2017-06-14
1,381 reads
2017-06-13
66 reads
The Value of Surveys
Phil Factor on the perils of trying to squeeze good insights out of bad surveys.
2017-06-12
64 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