100th post
This is my 100th blog post here at LessthanDot!
(I’m not lying, check for yourself)
I started blogging at the end of...
2015-07-10
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Koen Verbeeck
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Reblog: What’s the deal with Excel and SSIS?
SQLKover update: When I read this old blog post of mine, all I can think about is: Power Query to...
2015-07-10
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Doing a Full Outer Join in Power Query
A while back a give a session at the element61 Microsoft Business Analytics Day, a free event where the capabilities...
2015-07-09 (first published: 2015-07-02)
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Overview of Published Articles – 2015Q2
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the secondt quarter of 2015.
INTENSE SCHOOL
Book Review: Query Tuning & Optimization by...
2015-07-09
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Hello world!
Hi there!
Although this looks like my first blog post, it actually isn’t. This is the new place for my blog,...
2015-07-08
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How to drop a Temporal Table
No no, I didn’t say temporary, but temporal! SQL Server 2016 introduces a great new feature called Temporal Tables. Or...
2015-07-03
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My first SQL 2016 bug
A little while back SQL Server 2016 CTP2 was announced and I have spent some time playing with it (read: spent...
2015-06-29
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SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.1 has been released
Microsoft is all about rapid release cycles nowadays. We already experienced this with Power BI, where monthly new features and...
2015-06-29
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Demystifying Power BI – slidedeck
ITPROceed has come to an end and what a great event it was. Kudos to the organizers and all the...
2015-06-16
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SQL 2016 Preview has been released!
For those who haven’t noticed already:
SQL Server 2016 CTP2 (or Preview as some call it) has just been released!
This means...
2015-06-01 (first published: 2015-05-28)
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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...
Forums
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