Providing Quality to the Community
This has been on my mind since last week after a conversation with a friend of mine, Bobby Dimmick (twitter)....
2010-05-19
1,188 reads
Brian Kelley
- Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology
Microsoft Certified Architect - Infrastructure and Solutions Are No More
A friend of mine had been out to the Microsoft Certified Architect site recently and noted that the Infrastructure and...
2010-05-14
1,961 reads
Join the Community - AKA, "Where did he go, George?"
In recent days I've kind of dropped off the map with respect to SQL Server, including with the Security and...
2010-05-11
761 reads
Why I Don't Look for a Telecommuting Job
I just got done reading Brent Ozar's post about why folks don't get the telecommuting job they want. It's a...
2010-05-07
3,109 reads
SQL University Post Coming Tomorrow
This is a short note to say that the SQL University post will arrive tomorrow. Today we're dealing with the...
2010-04-28
1,438 reads
SQL Saturday - Columbia, SC - October 2, 2010
This is the official announcement that we are officially scheduled for holding a SQL Saturday in Columbia, SC, on October...
2010-04-27
883 reads
SQL University: Auditing SQL Server, Part I
Welcome to the Security and Auditing Week for SQL University. Last semester we looked at the basics of SQL Server...
2010-04-26
2,786 reads
2010 Scripting Games
Since I've decided it's time for me to learn Powershell, naturally the best way to learn it is to dive...
2010-04-21
763 reads
Thoughts on the SQL Server 2008 R2 Press Conference
If you weren't aware, Microsoft held a BI telelconference today which announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of SQL Server...
2010-04-21
1,181 reads
PowerShell 2.0 on Windows XP SP3 - Can It Be Upgraded?
In my last blog post I indicated that I would be adding learning PowerShell to my list of goals. I...
2010-04-15
5,030 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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