Mix & Match – Day 4
I’ve been scouring my notes (old & new), wading through all my previous research and unearthing advice, tips & tricks that have...
2010-07-12
381 reads
Justin H-Davies
Mix & Match – Day 3
I’ve been scouring my notes (old & new), wading through all my previous research and unearthing advice, tips & tricks that have...
2010-07-08
382 reads
Mix & Match – Day 2
I’ve been scouring my notes (old & new), wading through all my previous research and unearthing advice, tips & tricks that have...
2010-07-06
437 reads
Bin the unwanted to reap the rewards !
Looking through some of my databases this past week, theres a lot of data there which over time has become...
2010-07-04
434 reads
Mix & Match – Day 1
I’ve been scouring my notes (old & new), wading through all my previous research and unearthing advice, tips & tricks that have...
2010-07-04
500 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM CU2 released.
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 2. It became available for download today, and you can...
2010-06-23
542 reads
2010-06-21
1,649 reads
SQL Server MasterClass Event Review
I often begrudge a 5am start to travel anywhere, let alone to SQL events but this was a trip definitely...
2010-06-19
516 reads
Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 24
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-16
381 reads
Daily SQL Server 2008 New Features – Day 23
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-15
416 reads
Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
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