Global Warming and Business Intelligence
What does global warming have to do with BI? Steve Jones explains.
2009-02-11
623 reads
Articles
Global Warming and Business Intelligence
What does global warming have to do with BI? Steve Jones explains.
2009-02-11
623 reads
SQL Server Integration Services Features And Properties Part 4
This article is the final article of a 4 part series that explores the Features and Properties of SSIS. This article will explore Validation.
2009-02-11
2,663 reads
Temporal Data Techniques in SQL
Joe discusses various factors to take into account when using temporal data such as Holidays, and discusses a few techniques using Calendar, Report Usage and History tables
2009-02-11
3,885 reads
Ways To Build Your Brand
This is in the presentation I've given a few times, but I thought it made some sense to put these things out here as well. I see there are a few major ways for you to build your brand and raise your profile in the modern world that is highly interconnected...
2009-02-11
811 reads
Automate Default Constraints
One procedure that will take care of all default constraint values in the destination.
2009-02-10
4,437 reads
Data Mining in Excel 2007 Pt.1 - SQL School Video
Excel has greatly helped ease the process of data mining. In this video MVP Brian Knight shows how you can start using the data mining add-ins for Excel to get started.
2009-02-10
5,214 reads
Creating packages in code - OLE-DB Source to Flat File File Destination
This code sample programmatically creates a package with an OLE-DB Source and a Flat File Destination, and the resulting package exports data from SQL Server to a CSV file. The finished package just has the one Data Flow Task shown below.
2009-02-10
2,537 reads
PASS Update #4
Last week I posted Update #3 that discussed my first board meeting, but I didn't have time to cover my goals, so I 'll do that and add some other minor items as well.
2009-02-10
968 reads
Securing SQL Server with access control and login
SQL Server login monitoring and access control are important elements of SQL database security. Learn how DDL triggers can help alert you to security issues.
2009-02-10
2,594 reads
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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