Copying data from Azure Blob Storage
In a previous blog I talked about copying on-prem data to Azure Blob Storage (Getting data into Azure Blob Storage). ...
2015-10-15
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Blog Posts
Finding the error from a failed job.
This is a fairly simple one once you’ve seen it, but then so are lots of things :). Let’s say you...
2015-10-15 (first published: 2015-10-07)
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My PASS Summit 2015
Its just a bit over a week until PASS Summit 2015 will start. If you are a Microsoft Data Platform...
2015-10-15
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Presentation Design – Before and After
Recently I gave a session on the SQL Server Days about the new features for business intelligence in SQL Server...
2015-10-15
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SQL server Encryption – Transact SQL Functions.
In the previous blogs we came across various encrypt functions like ENCRYPTBYKEY(),ENCRYPTBYASYMKEY(),ENCRYPTBYCERT().We also saw the corresponding decrypt functions likeDECRYPTBYKEY(),DECRYPTBYCERT(),DECRYPTBYASYMKEY(),DECRYPTBYCERT(),We shall...
2015-10-15
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SQL Source Control and Git–Getting Started
It seems as though Git is taking the world by storm as the Version Control System (VCS) of choice. TFS...
2015-10-15 (first published: 2015-10-05)
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Best Tools for Taking Notes In Development
Best Tools for Taking Notes In Development
Developers have a lot to juggle. Do a few of these things sound familiar:
Juggle...
2015-10-14
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Best Tools for Taking Notes In Development
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Been working through some issues with Clarify app on my personal computer, something I messed up. @trevordevore...
2015-10-14
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Congratulations New 2015-2016 BRSSUG Officers!
We elected new officers tonight for the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group Official PASS Chapter, the second year in...
2015-10-14
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Drill Down with Power BI Visualizations
A couple weeks ago in a recent update to Power BI, an enhancement was added to enable a drill-down action...
2015-10-14
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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