You Can Telecommute
Today Steve Jones tells you can implement telecommuting at your job and gives you a few ideas how to get it approved.
2011-07-28
236 reads
Editorial
Time for a ROWID?
Steve Jones looks to the future of SQL Server and wonders if we ought to add a rowid to the internal structures.
2011-07-27
231 reads
NewSQL Can Save the World
A new breed of products use the relational model and address the scalability concerns of many RDBMSes. Today Steve Jones talks about NewSQL databases.
2011-07-26
221 reads
Patches for SQL 10 and Techniques for SQL 11
Steve rounds up the patch news for SQL Server this week along with a look forward to the next version of the platform.
2011-07-25
121 reads
Leave Developers Alone
Interruptions are the enemy of productivity for creative people, like software developers. Steve Jones talks today about the need for quiet time.
2015-10-29 (first published: 2011-07-25)
521 reads
The Market
This Friday Steve Jones asks about the market price for your skills. Do you know what it is?
2016-01-22 (first published: 2011-07-22)
334 reads
Be Reasonable
Be reasonable. That's how Steve Jones thinks managers ought to behave towards their employees.
2011-07-21
156 reads
I Want Stupid Employees
Why don't employers want to fund training? Steve Jones has a few thoughts after a great piece that shows the lack of wisdom in withholding training.
2011-07-20
319 reads
Fitting In
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about fitting in at work and conforming to the expectations of the group and that environment.
2011-07-19
223 reads
Being an extremely productive DBA
In order to gain better support for learning and training opportunities, the DBA needs to prove a direct link to productivity and results, in words and numbers the CEO will understand.
2011-07-18
265 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