What's In A Blog? - BlogLock
Hi, ALL. Today's Blog is much ado about nothing? A totally free-form blog entry, with random thoughts on a passing scene.
Sometimes, it...
2011-07-01
697 reads
Robert Pearl
Good stuff for the DBA from SQL Server Magazine...
I literally changed the topic of my blog today, (as I had my blogger open), since I had read some pretty...
2011-06-24
1,143 reads
New York SQL Events - Upcoming Triple Play......
If you're in a New York State of Mind (song by Billy Joel), then you'll like the triple play of...
2011-06-21
1,335 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #19 - Disasters & Recovery
When I heard Allen Kinsel’s (aka @sqlinsaneo|Twitter) Invitation to T-SQL Tuesday #19 – Disasters & Recovery, for some reason, I read it...
2011-06-14
1,591 reads
Meme 2 - A Quick Meme Monday Post.....
Well, ok. I'll jump on the bandwagon again.
Power has been restored to Mr. LaRock's Residence, just in time for meme Monday.
(And really,...
2011-06-06
1,157 reads
SQLSaturday #77 Pensacola Florida Event Preview
Sometimes, even if I’m not attending, some SQLSaturdays stand out to me, and catch my interest. I guess it’s a...
2011-06-03
1,007 reads
NEW: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration Cookbook
I have had the pleasure of knowing and communicating with Mr. Satya Shyam K. Jayanty, aka Satya/aka SQLMaster|twitterfor several years...
2011-06-02
2,235 reads
Taking It to the Extreme: SQLCLR and Parallelism - a NYC event coming soon!
Here’s another awesome SQL event coming to New York City. (Keep reading for your discount below!) It’s already getting hot...
2011-05-31
2,355 reads
The Ties that Bind Us....Community, People, Exceptional DBAs...
Hi, All. Just some thoughts on a passing scene. Didn't expect to blog today. Many projects in the queue, but...
2011-05-25
1,306 reads
EVENT: NYC SQL Server User Group Presents SSRS with Edwin Sarmiento.
Another great event coming to NYC this Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 6PM! The NYC SQL Server User Group presents a...
2011-05-24
1,231 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...
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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