A Nice Refund
This editorial was originally published on Sept 12, 2006. The IRS makes a $318mm mistake and Steve talks about the need to ensure that you don't do something similar.
2011-10-10
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Editorial
The DR Test Schedule
Planning for disaster recovery entails a lot of different items, but testing is an important one. If you don't test your plans, you can't be sure they will work. This Friday Steve Jones asks how often your test.
2011-10-07
193 reads
Come Find Me at the Summit
Steve Jones reminds you to network anytime you're at and event, and especially a large conference like the PASS Summit.
2011-10-06
49 reads
An Awesome Job
Life is awesome, and Steve Jones things everyone can find something awesome in their jobs.
2011-10-05
445 reads
How do you learn the advanced stuff?
Today Steve Jones talks about learning those advanced features that you don't get the chance to use in your daily work.
2011-10-04
328 reads
Staying High
Today we have a guest editorial from Tim Mitchell. Tim talks about the need to stay motivated in your career after an event ends.
2011-10-03
108 reads
Closing Out Replies
This editorial was originally published on Oct 17, 2006. It is being republished as Steve is at SQLBits 9 today. Should we change the way we deal with posts and replies? Answer today.
2011-09-30
72 reads
What’s In Your (Junk) Drawers?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Andy talks today about he various items that collect around your work space. Are they useful? should you be cleaning things up? What does this say about you?
2011-09-29
115 reads
Bits Bound
Steve Jones talks about his trip to SQL Bits 9: Query Across the Mersey, which begins today.
2011-09-28
86 reads
Know when to hold 'em
It's time for the SQLServerCentral Party at PASS and Steve Jones talks about the event.
2011-09-27
78 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