SQL Server in the Cloud
The April 15, 2008 edition of SDTimes (PDF download here) has some information about SSDS, the SQL Server in the...
2008-04-27
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Blog Posts
Recent slate of IIS attacks - more info
The recent slate of attacks on IIS servers don't seem to be an attack directly against IIS or against SQL...
2008-04-26
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Cursors and high gas prices
Using cursors is a controversal topic. As a former developer, that is the way I thought about processing data at one...
2008-04-25
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I've got a date with an Error Log -- Error Logs Part II
Error Logs Part II -- Enumerating the error logs
In my first post on SQL Server Error Logs, I briefly mentioned using...
2008-04-25
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More LINQ Discussion
Steve Jones recently posted an editorial about LINQ and the resulting discussion encapsulates most of the points of view on...
2008-04-24
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Tribute to Jim Gray
Ran across this in the Mar/Apr ACM Queue, http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/IPRO/JimGrayTribute/ will be held at UC Berkeley on May 31st, 2008. Jim Gray...
2008-04-24
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Desktop or Laptop
Most of that do any time of training or consulting typically use laptops, and they are even reasonably common in...
2008-04-23
1,613 reads
Difference between truncate and delete
This is an old topic and well documented, just google it and I believe you will get a lot,
However,...
2008-04-22
2,221 reads
Interesting Web Hosting Option
Ran across this from Mosso, a spin off from Rackspace. Pricing looks very attractive, and there are some interesting twists....
2008-04-22
1,707 reads
SQL Saturday - Jacksonville
I am fairly new to the IT profession, so I think my blog will be great for others trying to...
2008-04-22
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The North Star for the...
Multiple Escape Characters
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Multiple Escape Characters
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