Where Clustered Index Keys Dare
We’ve blogged a couple times about how clustered index key columns get stored in your nonclustered indexes.
But where they get stored is a matter of weird SQL trivia. You see, it depends on how you define your nonclustered index.
Build and Automate a SQL Server Status Report on Server Restart or Scheduled
Do you know when a SQL Server instance restarts? When you manage many SQL Server instances you may not know when one restarts, so having an automated report emailed to you could be helpful to get an idea what's going on for that instance.
SQL Server Graph Databases – Part 5: Importing Relational Data into a Graph Database
In the final article of this series, Robert Sheldon shows how to move from a relational structure to a graph structure using the Graph Database feature.
Checking CHECKDB
Everyone should be running DBCC CHECKDB on their systems. We not have some help in determining if we are doing this.
Scheduling a PowerShell Script Using SQL Server Agent
This article will give you insight to understand how you can schedule a powershell script you have written using SQL Server Agent.
Why Are You Dropping and Recreating Your Indexes?
Do you have data load processes that drop indexes to optimize the load process? Are you dropping those indexes in one step, then loading data into your table, only to recreate the indexes in a post data load step?
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...
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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