API Changes
Steve Jones comments on predictions that we will see new types of APIs coming in the future, especially data APIs.
2012-02-09
134 reads
Editorial
Going Solo
This editorial was originally published on Mar 20, 2007. It is being republished as Steve Jones is on vacation. Today Steve Jones talks about going into business for yourself, and reminding you it's not as simple as it might seem.
2012-02-08
152 reads
Feedback and Big Data
Continuous improvement comes from measurement, analysis, and changes. Steve Jones talks about how we should be doing that with our data collection, analysis, and storage.
2012-02-07
118 reads
SQL Server 2012: Creative Thinking for a Creative New Licensing Model
It seems inevitable that many customers will end up paying more to get the same features they have today, under the new SQL Server licencing model, unless they respond to Microsoft's creativity with some of their own.
2012-02-06
250 reads
Insider Security Threats
The biggest security threat always seems to come from insiders and today Steve Jones talks about the need to monitor your environment.
2012-02-06
104 reads
2012-02-03
236 reads
Old Dog, New Tricks
Steve Jones learns a new trick working with T-SQL, and is surprised how easy it is. He recommends you work on updating your skills over time as well.
2012-02-02
566 reads
Disk Drives in the Sky
Steve Jones talks today about storage innovations from the large cloud vendors and how that can relate to your job as a database professional.
2012-02-01
116 reads
Taking Notes – Paper or Keyboard?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. When you need to take notes, how do you do it? Have you thought about it and experimented? Read on to see what Andy Warren does.
2019-10-25 (first published: 2012-01-31)
603 reads
Morale Data
Would any of you want to track your morale at work and have your boss access the data anonymously? Steve Jones think it's a good tool, but one that is easily abused.
2012-01-30
138 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