Some New Cool Features in SSMS
SSMS new versions come up with some cool features. The new features provide support for the SQL Server 2008 databases and onward. Vulnerability Assessment (active from SSMS 17.4) Right...
2017-12-28
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Igor Micev
Using Time Zones in SQL Server
The usage of time zones in applications becomes inevitable, especially with the globalization of the applications. Reports need to be...
2017-08-31 (first published: 2017-08-18)
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Using Time Zones in SQL Server
The usage of time zones in applications becomes inevitable, especially with the globalization of the applications. Reports need to be run in different time zones. Services have to consider...
2017-08-18
38 reads
Using Time Zones in SQL Server
The usage of time zones in applications becomes inevitable, especially with the globalization of the applications. Reports need to be run in different time zones. Services have to consider...
2017-08-18
8 reads
RegEx in SQL Server for replacing text
In this post, I’m presenting usage of two functions that use Regex. My previous post was about searching text in...
2017-08-01
59,931 reads
RegEx in SQL Server for replacing text
In this post, I’m presenting usage of two functions that use Regex. My previous post was about searching text in SQL Server using regex, and now I’m showing how...
2017-08-01
213 reads
RegEx in SQL Server for replacing text
In this post, I’m presenting usage of two functions that use Regex. My previous post was about searching text in SQL Server using regex, and now I’m showing how...
2017-08-01
18 reads
RegEx in SQL Server for searching text
As a database developer or DBA, or even software developer, you must have met up with the difficulties of finding...
2017-07-24
3,469 reads
RegEx in SQL Server for searching text
As a database developer or DBA, or even software developer, you must have met up with the difficulties of finding some strings/sub-strings in the text columns. In such situations,...
2017-07-24
44 reads
RegEx in SQL Server for searching text
As a database developer or DBA, or even software developer, you must have met up with the difficulties of finding some strings/sub-strings in the text columns. In such situations,...
2017-07-24
104 reads
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Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers