What could you achieve with 60% more time?
Regardless of your job or industry, do you ever have enough hours in the day to get everything done? If...
2019-01-21
197 reads
Danny Riebeek
- Interests: SQL Monitoring
- Website: https://www.sqltreeo.com
Five database management trends to embrace in 2019
In 2018, companies looked for ways to improve their database performance and security. Their aim was to keep up with...
2019-01-07
302 reads
Five database management trends to embrace in 2019
In 2018, companies looked for ways to improve their database performance and security. Their aim was to keep up with ever-higher expectations of speed, privacy and returns on investment....
2019-01-07
8 reads
Why do we think water and databases are similar?
It’s 20 years since Google was launched, the Euro was agreed, and the Three Tenors sang at the World Cup...
2018-12-17
224 reads
Why do we think water and databases are similar?
It’s 20 years since Google was launched, the Euro was agreed, and the Three Tenors sang at the World Cup opening ceremony. That was also the year (1998) when...
2018-12-17
8 reads
Three tips to help your database team avoid burn out this holiday season
As you’re enjoying the festivities this month, spare a thought for your database administrators and IT teams. It’s one of...
2018-12-03
355 reads
Three tips to help your database team avoid burn out this holiday season
As you’re enjoying the festivities this month, spare a thought for your database administrators and IT teams. It’s one of the busiest and most stressful times of the year...
2018-12-03
12 reads
Would you give our database monitoring the UX thumbs up?
“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology.” You’ve probably heard this, and other...
2018-11-20
277 reads
Would you give our database monitoring the UX thumbs up?
“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology.” You’ve probably heard this, and other similar UX advice, before. We are passionate believers in...
2018-11-20
9 reads
A Health Check can keep your SQL database in great shape
Modern businesses are data-driven. Many business leaders will tell you it is the “lifeblood” of their company. Good data helps...
2018-11-07
279 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Pyramid Schemes
By Steve Jones
If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a...
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...
Forums
Database file shrink issue.
Hi experts, I have a 3+ TB database on a 2019 sql server which...
The North Star for the Year
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Multiple Escape Characters
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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