2020-07-24
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The Lighter Side
2020-02-21
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Unreliable Data Sensors
Steve doesn't like the idea of cars using data from cameras to update a display instead of a mirror.
2019-09-30
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NASA officially orders its first segment of a lunar space station
"This time when we go to the Moon, we're actually ...
2019-05-23
2019-05-10
Pop Quiz: SQL 2000 Bug or SQL 2017 Bug?
Brent Ozar asks if you can tell if each of these SQL Server bugs is brand-new, or almost 20 years old.
2019-05-03
Massachusetts offshore wind project gets green light at roughly 8.9 cents/kWh
The Vineyard Wind project will also commit $15 million to battery development.
2019-04-24
These are the best new vehicles of the 2019 New York International Auto Show
American auto shows are in decline, but we still found a few things to excite.
2019-04-22
The Porsche Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo—to hybrid or not to hybrid?
The Panamera Turbo comes in two flavors, and the more powerful one is a hybrid.
2019-04-11
T-SQL Tuesday #113: A year of marriage and boardgames
This week’s T-SQL Tuesday is about where you use databases in your personal life. And I have a database I don’t use any more that’s a little happy and...
2019-04-09
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