In SQL Server 2005, object ownership will have a different meaning, but since most of us work with SQL Server 2000, Kathi Kellenberger has written a good introduction to understanding how object ownership works and why you might want to follow certain practices.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2005-07-18)
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I work almost exclusively with third party applications. I don't get to do a lot of tuning except for reports...
2007-09-30
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We are trying to move to version 2 of our accounting data warehouse (more likely called a datamart), but it...
2007-09-25
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When I first got into IT full time 10 years ago, I noticed that my mind was constantly solving programming...
2007-09-25
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Somehow between the sessions, networking and socializing I never found time to post anything last week. So, I'm going to...
2007-09-23
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This was my 5th year at PASS and every year I enjoy catching up with old friends and meeting many...
2007-09-23
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SQL Server 2000 is the basis for the new Access database storage. However there are still many cases where applications developed on Access are outgrown and need to be moved to SQL Server to support the load. Author Kathi Kellenberger brings us a look at the Upsizing Wizard and how you can move your databases to SQL Server.
2007-09-22 (first published: 2005-02-22)
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I haven't posted much lately, but it has been a busy few months with many family activities. At work, I...
2007-07-09
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I was at DevTeach/SQLTeach in Montreal last week. The conference was very well run and the organizers did a great...
2007-05-19
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Yesterday's post reminded me of another interesting technique I have used to change the color of the values on a...
2007-03-11
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By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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Hi, below i show various results trying to reach our ftp site (a globalscape...
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