Time Off, Down Time, Round Up
I have taken some time off this week, I have been to the beach with my two golden retriever puppies....
2010-03-04
682 reads
Gethyn Ellis
SQL Server - MVP Deep Dives
I got my copy of MVP deep dives earlier this month and have been making good progress in reading some...
2010-03-02
861 reads
SQL Agent – Giving non-SA users permissions on jobs
There are some new database roles in the MSDB database in SQL Server 2005 that allow you to grant more...
2010-02-28
15,111 reads
Renaming a Standalone Instance of SQL Server
I needed to upgrade the underlying IO subsystem of one of my IO intensive SQL Servers. After some discussion with...
2010-02-25
2,126 reads
Setup a Database Snapshot
I have been tinkering lately with database snapshots and I thought the subject warranted a short post on the subject....
2010-02-23
748 reads
SQL Server 2005 CLR execution error after restore
I recently restored a SQL Server 2005 database to a testing environment. The database contained several CLR assemblies, when the...
2010-02-21
1,169 reads
sys.dm_os_wait_stats
This is a short note explaining he sys.dm_os_wait_stats DMV.
This DMV returns the following columns/values regarding waits encountered by executed...
2010-02-18
1,321 reads
SQL Server - Checkpoint
What is a SQL Server checkpoint?
A SQL Server checkpoint is the process of writing all dirty datafile pages out to...
2010-02-16
6,844 reads
SQL Server 2005 SP4!
Microsoft has recently announced the planned release dates for the next round of SQL Server service packs. SQL Server 2008...
2010-02-14
694 reads
Useful reading this week
This is a short post for a Sunday afternoon, I thought I’d share some useful reading from the week gone...
2010-02-14
865 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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Finding Motivation
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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