2008-12-09
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T-SQL
Power and Deception of CTEs
A performance problem with a CTE based stored procedure, opened the developers eyes to a whole new world
2008-12-01
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2008-11-27
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2008-11-26
5,028 reads
The Numbers Table
Having a table of just numbers can be very handy, and it doesn't necessarily take up much space in your database. New author Brandon Galderisi brings us a short tutorial on setting this up.
2008-11-24
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2008-11-20
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2008-11-18
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2008-11-14
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Compare Dates in an iterative manner for a particular set of records
Compare Dates in an iterative manner for a particular set of records in a single query using SQL Server 2000
2008-11-12
3,995 reads
2008-12-08 (first published: 2008-11-07)
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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
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2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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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