SQL Validation Functions - 4 Cool UDF's to have handy
Everyone knows that in SQL 2000, yes 2000, Microsoft jumped aboard the bandwagon of other platforms, and gave the developers...
2011-04-07
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Articles
NULLIF
Do you use NULLIF? For me, this command has been seldom used. Because of that, I have been dabbling with...
2011-04-06
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SQL Saturday #73 - Orange County, CA
A free one day training event on Apr 9, 2011 in Huntington Beach, CA. Come learn about SQL Server with a number of SQL Server experts.
2011-04-06 (first published: 2011-03-25)
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Using PowerShell to Manage SQLServer
This article provides a practical example of how Powershell can be used by DBAs.
2011-04-06
4,478 reads
ERDDUG - Introduction to Indexes with SQL Server MVP Gail Shaw
If you are in South Africa near East Rand, join the East Rand Developer and DBA group on April 9 for a presentation by SQL Server expert, MVP, and longtime SQLServerCentral author, Gail Shaw.
2011-04-05
1,419 reads
Industrial-strength database documentation using Extended Properties
To finish this short series on extended properties a look at documenting sets of database objects
2011-04-05
8,621 reads
Change SQL Startup Parameters with PowerShell
Sometimes when we’re trying to track down a problem and looking through SQL’s Logs we have to dig...
2011-04-05
1,493 reads
SQL Saturday - #74 - Jacksonville
Come attend this free one day training event in Jacksonville, FL on Apr 30, 2011. Meet a number of SQL Server experts and learn about SQL Server at the University of North Florida.
2011-04-05 (first published: 2011-03-24)
1,943 reads
TOP 10 SQL Server Requests That Should Be Automated
What DBA wouldn't want to make their job a little easier?
2011-04-05
6,926 reads
Real World Foreach Loop Container example
Describes different uses of the SSIS Foreach Loop container in one practical scenario.
2011-04-04 (first published: 2008-02-25)
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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
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...
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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