Podcast with SQL Data Partners on Patching Best Practices
Recently, I joined Carlos L Chacon (site|@CarlosLChacon), Steve Stedman (blog|@SqlEmt), and the rest of the SQL Data Partners Podcast team...
2017-10-23
447 reads
Robert Davis
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Webcast: Troubleshooting SQL Server Connection Issues
I will be doing a live webcast on Thursday, November 9th 2017 at 3 PM Eastern Time (8 PM UTC...
2017-10-23
443 reads
Checklist: DR Plan Sanity Check
If a disaster struck tomorrow, are you ready for it? Are you sure you thought of everything? I cannot count...
2017-09-04
497 reads
31 Days of Disaster Recovery Revisited
A few years ago, I did a blog post series dedicated to disaster recovery (backups, restores, corruption, etc). 31 blog...
2017-08-18
470 reads
Patching SQL Server and SSMS? Order matters.
If you’ve been living under a rock, you may not have noticed how frequently SSMS is getting updated. The SQL...
2017-08-14
471 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #93: 3 Jobs I Didn’t Take and 1 I did
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again, and this month’s host is Kendra Little (blog|@), and the excellent topic selected by Kendra is...
2017-08-08
582 reads
Real-life SQL Server Performance Troubleshooting at SQLSaturday Columbus
Join me Friday, July 21, 2017 for a day of Real-life SQL Server Performance Troubleshooting as part of SQLSaturday Columbus...
2017-06-26
708 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #90: The Death of the DBA in a DevOps World Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
It’s time for another iteration of the blog party known as T-SQL Tuesday. This month’s theme is Shipping Database Changes...
2017-05-09
778 reads
Why Log Shipping is Better than Database Mirroring for Migrations
This topic has come up several times recently, so I feel the need to blog on it. As the person...
2017-05-05
1,128 reads
24 Hours of PASS: Security: Session Files
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation for the 24 Hours of PASS event on May 3rd. This iteration of...
2017-05-04
720 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
Forums
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
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Encoding URLs
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a 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