Getting A Clue About Your Databases
Got a new database you know nothing about? Here's my basic proposal on how to find interesting tables in it.
2009-01-09
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Articles
Simple Bar Chart for Analysis Services Data
Join MSAS Architect Bill Pearson as he leads the hands-on creation of a simple bar chart based upon an Analysis Service data source.
2009-01-09
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Utilize SSAS for data predictions and classification using Excel
Using Excel as a tool for data mining and predictions is very powerful. Learn how to take advantage of SSAS in SQL Server 2005 with Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
2009-01-09
2,868 reads
Post SQL Server 2008 Upgrade - SQL School Video
After you complete an upgrade to SQL Server 2008, Brian Knight goes over some things you might want to do first.
2009-01-08
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2009-01-08
9,720 reads
How To Get Active Directory Users and Groups Using SQL Server Integration Services SSIS 2005
We would like to update the user, role, and user role tables automatically from Active Directory. Ideally we'd like an SSIS package that we could schedule and/or run on demand to take care of the update. Can you provide an example of how to do this?
2009-01-08
4,369 reads
SQL Techniques for Performing Operations on Matrices
SQL does not support direct operations on matrices, but it does allow easy manipulations with matrices. Learn a few SQL techniques for performing some basic operations on matrices.
2009-01-08
2,732 reads
An Extra Defense For SQL Injection Attacks
TDSe-cure is a proxy service to SQL Server to block SQL injection attacks.
2009-01-07
3,021 reads
SQL Server 2008 and Data Compression
One of the more exciting new features in SQL Server 2008 is data compression and Nicholas Cain talks a bit about how this works and how to determine if it fits in your environment.
2009-01-07
10,299 reads
Don't Let the Economic Downturn Get You Down
With the current economic downturn, many of us are wondering if we will still have a job by the end of this new year. Although DBAs are still in demand, no DBA job is 100% immune from layoffs. Brad suggests that now is the perfect time to invest in yourself.
2009-01-07
718 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Ranch Rules
By Steve Jones
Leave a gate behind you the way you first found it. – from Excellent...
Fix Slow, Bloated MSDB: Purge Old History And Add Missing Indexes
By SQLPals
Fix Slow, Bloated MSDB: Purge Old History And Add Missing Indexes ...
Three Ways to Use Snowflake Data in Microsoft Fabric
By James Serra
Organizations increasingly want Snowflake and Microsoft Fabric to coexist without duplicating data or fragmenting...
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The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers