#SQLThursday is here
Struggling to source quality free content on SQL Server? Finding it difficult to fill the void between #TSQL2sDay and Un-SQL...
2012-01-17
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Richard Douglas
- Interests: Usual stuff: family, SQL Server, shiny things.
Choosing the right professional
I’m writing this blog post from my bed, you may think that’s a little too much information there is a...
2012-01-11
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2011 – The dissection
Blimey, doesn’t seem like a year since I wrote my last end of year review End of year review 2010...
2012-01-01
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Why I blog #Meme15
I’d seen various #meme tweets on twitter but it wasn’t until I saw this blog by John Sansom (Blog|Twitter) that...
2011-12-15
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T-SQL Tuesday #025 – How to view the size of all your databases – #TSQL2sDay
It’s that time of the month again, no not time, T-SQL time! If you have not heard of T-SQL Tuesday...
2011-12-13
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Speaking Engagements
It only seems like a couple of weeks ago since I wrote a post about new years resolutions which you...
2011-11-15
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Writing queries without data
Sometimes it’s not possible to have the data you need in order to create the most efficient queries possible. This...
2011-11-15
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Top 5 Third Party Quotes
Unless you’ve worked in a vacuum the likelyhood is that you either are a third company or you have many...
2011-11-09
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SQLRelay: The Final Sprint
The UK SQL community has never had so many events in such a short space of time. Last week there...
2011-10-06
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SQLRelay: The Third Leg
Feedback from the second leg of SQLRelay was very positive indeed. The attendees from my Maidenhead group were very impressed...
2011-10-05
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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