Tip: COLLATE for “Cannot resolve collation conflict” error
Some data professionals are VERY well versed with collation, and some never ever have to touch the concept. That second...
2014-03-17
560 reads
Jen McCown
SQL for Everybody
I read a terribly excited blog this morning by a guy who had just discovered Alt-F1 in SSMS. (If you don’t...
2014-03-14
633 reads
Bad Ideas: Alert Storming
Fellow DBA: There are so many alerts! It takes me a long time to get through them all. How do...
2014-03-10
658 reads
Configure static or dynamic IP and DNS with Powershell
I work in a lot of different offices and conference venues, in addition to my home office. At home, I need a...
2014-03-03
870 reads
Expiration dates: SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
SQL Server is a software product, right? And software has a history of having bugs, getting updates, and having support...
2014-02-24
564 reads
Home Workspace: Standing Desk
Ever since I worked in an office with adjustable standing desks, I’ve been thinking about getting a standing desk for...
2014-02-17
481 reads
What’s the CPU usage on the server? Use #Powershell!!
We have here an easy, handy-dandy way to find out how much CPU is in use on your server. Of...
2014-02-10
548 reads
Blockades and ladders to learning new tech
It’s been a long time since I’ve been a true newbie to a technology. There are plenty of things I...
2014-02-03
580 reads
Applied SQL: LIKE ‘whatever’
Today let’s play around with the LIKE operator. Like, totally. Like, Introduction Like “determines whether a specific character string matches...
2014-01-27
733 reads
Tip: Jobs without a scheduled run
It’s awfully comforting to see all those backup and maintenance jobs in your SQL Agent list, isn’t it? It’d be...
2014-01-22
516 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...
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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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Question of the Day
The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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