Do you want me to tell you the truth or do you want me to tell you what you want to hear?
We live in a Dilbert age.
If you are a DBA and have worked in organizations of any size you are...
2013-09-28
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I am on LinkedIn
I don't know why, but I never "got" LinkedIn and I ended up leaving it in frustration as I was...
2013-09-21
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Is Microsoft attempting to "de-skill" IT Pros in its attempt to increase its Cloud business?
When I first heard of the MCM program termination discontent, I reacted by sympathizing with my fellow Database Professionals but...
2013-09-05
967 reads
Working Class Hero
I could tell you a story about Green Day's cover of John Lennon's classic "Working Class Hero" that you wouldn't...
2013-08-29
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2013-08-23
719 reads
OT: privacy
I had a very unpleasant experience a while back when I was commenting anonymously on a web site (not SQL...
2013-08-06
589 reads
energy
Back when I was trying to start a business and unknowingly heading towards a economic cliff, I read all sorts...
2013-07-10
586 reads
freedom
I was thinking back fondly of my Dad - who passed away during Hurricane Sandy - this past Father's Day. Of the...
2013-07-03
561 reads
SQL Server 2000 is unsupported
Microsoft no longer supports SQL Server 2000 in any capacity.
http://youtu.be/A5cneCgNA9U
2013-04-10
818 reads
Carry On
Sometimes the answer is to keep going.
Forget words, figuring things out, and circumstances. Just keep moving your feet.
~Chuck
"Nothing in the...
2013-04-09
615 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Pyramid Schemes
By Steve Jones
If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a...
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...
Forums
Database file shrink issue.
Hi experts, I have a 3+ TB database on a 2019 sql server which...
The North Star for the Year
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The North Star for the...
Multiple Escape Characters
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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