SSIS Training class by Andy Leonard
Andy Leonard (b | t | l | f) of Linchpin People, has announced a new training class called ‘From Zero to SSIS‘. The first class...
2014-01-30
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Tim Radney
How to reset the SA password in SQL Server
Getting locked out of a SQL Server can happen in a number of ways. You could inherit a server that...
2013-11-28 (first published: 2013-11-21)
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Children at Technical Conferences
I have had the pleasure of taking my son with me on a number of trips where I was a...
2013-10-22
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Recovering the tail end of the transaction log
Knowing a great deal about backup and recovery is key to any DBA’s career. Most of us fully understand the...
2013-10-02
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Why I am not an MVP
On October 1st the emails went out notifying existing MVP’s in the Oct cycle if they were fortunate enough to...
2013-10-02
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PASS Elections part two
Tim Ford is running for a seat on the PASS Board of Directors and has my vote. Yes I think...
2013-09-24
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PASS Elections
I as well as many others have a decision to make on who I am voting for the PASS Board...
2013-09-23
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Get OS Counter Memory Available Mbytes Using TSQL
I have been working recently in making sure that max memory is configured for the hundred plus database servers I...
2013-09-20
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Professional Etiquette When Sending Mass Email – Use BCC:
<begin soap box rant>
Time and time again I find myself having to email people to remind them about how and...
2013-08-30
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SQL in the City 2013 US Tour
It was a huge honor to be chosen for the 2013 US tour of SQL in the City. Red Gate...
2013-08-30
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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...
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Question of the Day
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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