Upcoming Speaking Engagements
In the next few months I will be speaking at some awesome events around Europe.
SQLBits – April 5-8
SQLBits is THE SQL...
2017-02-27
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Gianluca Sartori
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Installing SQL Server 2016 Language Reference Help from disk
A couple of years ago I blogged about Installing the SQL Server 2014 Language Reference Help from disk.
With SQL Server 2016...
2016-10-27 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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ForumSurfer – a RSS reader for the SQL Server online community
Today I published the first release of ForumSurfer, a RSS reader designed explicitly to be a tool for the SQL...
2016-08-31
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SSMS is now High-DPI ready
One of the most popular posts on this bog describes how to enable bitmap scaling is SSMS on high DPI displays,...
2016-08-25 (first published: 2016-08-18)
4,042 reads
My Feedback on my PASS Abstracts Feedback
Brent Ozar recently published the feedback he got on his abstract submissions for PASS Summit 2016 and, as he often...
2016-06-30
881 reads
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
The next few months will be crazy for me. I will be travelling a lot around Europe, speaking about SQL Server topics.
Here is where...
2016-04-14
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Weird Things Happen with Windows Users
This will be no surprise to those who have been working with SQL Server for a long time, but it...
2016-03-18
730 reads
An annoying Bug in the Restore Dialog
Today, thanks to a customer, I discovered one of those annoying little things that can really drive you nuts.
Basically, they were...
2016-03-01 (first published: 2016-02-23)
2,308 reads
SSMS in High-DPI Displays: How to Stop the Madness
I spent the last few weeks travelling a lot compared to my usual routine and I got quickly fed up...
2015-10-14
41,189 reads
SQL Server Infernals – Circle 6: Environment Pollutors
Don’t tell me that you didn’t see it coming: at some point, Developers end up being put to hell by...
2015-07-31
1,233 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...
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