Use Jupyter Notebooks to Help People on StackOverFlow
I am sat in the PowerShell Saturday in Hamburg. You can see me on the right of this picture writing my previous blog post! I was talking with my...
2020-02-22
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Blog Posts
Change Outlook sender mailbox with PowerShell – A workaround
The idea of this blog post, like many others I write, is to document a workaround solution to my problem. Hopefully I can also help someone that may be...
2020-02-21 (first published: 2020-02-12)
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Come work with me! Be a Sales Engineer for Redgate
Redgate is growing, and we have some fresh, new open positions around the world which would be a great fit for SQL Server developers or DBAs who would like...
2020-02-21
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2020-02-21
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Merge kubectl config files on Windows
When working with multiple Kubernetes clusters, at some point you’ll want to merge your kubectl config files. I’ve seen a few blogs on how to merge kubectl config files...
2020-02-21
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String Split Function in SQL Server
Did you know that a native STRING_SPLIT function built into SQL Server was added into SQL Server 2016? As a consultant I see so much code that call out...
2020-02-21 (first published: 2020-02-12)
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Removing ad hoc plans from Query Store
This is not a post about the “optimize for ad hoc workloads” setting on your favorite SQL Server instance, but that is a good place to start. Lots of...
2020-02-20
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SQL Server Backup and Restore Strategy Step by Step
Introduction:
Who is not aware of a SQL Database? It was the first business language introduced for E.F Codd’s Relational Database management system. In addition, MySQL, Oracle, Informix, Sybase, MS...
2020-02-20 (first published: 2020-02-12)
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Why is the XLOCK table hint broken?
Let’s talk about what XLOCK is supposed to do. XLOCK is a table hint that can be applied to a query to place an exclusive lock on the resources...
2020-02-20 (first published: 2020-02-12)
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Disaster recovery, tools edition
I just completed a chapter for another book where I spoke about the Recovery Point Objective (how much data you are prepared to lose) and Recovery Time Objective (how...
2020-02-19
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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