Jason Brimhall


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Top 10 Recommended Books…

So the title says it all, right?  Well, only really partially. Recently an article was published listing the top 10 most recommended books for SQL Server.  That’s the part...

2014-07-29

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Murder In Denver

I am about to set sail on a new venture with my next official whistle stop.  This year has been plenty full of whistle stops and I plan on...

2014-07-14

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The SQL Sac wrap!!

Every SQL Saturday leaves a mark of some sort.  This time around, the folks in Sacramento have really helped leave a BIG mark. That’s right, this last weekend was...

2014-07-14

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The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world

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This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...

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Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use

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Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...

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SQL Server 2025 Backup Compression Algorithm

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The Large Encoded Value

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The Side Job

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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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