Exploring the Varbinary Type
A brief look at the Varbinary data type and its uses in SQL Server for beginners.
2013-02-07
12,675 reads
Timothy A Wiseman
- Interests: SQL Server, Python, Go, Mathematics, Legal Issues
Variable Scope in SQL Server
The way variable scoping works in SQL Server has been well documented on MSDN, but I have seen related issues...
2013-01-18
2,833 reads
A really simple Multiprocessing Python Example
Purpose and introduction A Python program will not be able to take advantage of more than one core or more...
2012-12-21
4,753 reads
Playing with Cython
Intro Recently, I came over Cython and started experimenting with it. After some basic testing, I found several things of...
2012-11-23
1,187 reads
Class and instance variables in Python 2.7
The differences and interactions between class variables and instance variables are well described in the Python 2.x documentation, but they...
2012-10-06
2,347 reads
Some Jargon from the SQL Server World
Not long ago I wrote about how to write well about SQL Server, and one major point was that jargon...
2012-09-04
1,125 reads
The effects of an SSD on SQL Server Performance
I. Introduction A little while ago, my wonderful wife Renee got a Solid State Drive (SSD) for me. Being a...
2012-07-29
5,685 reads
New articles posted.
My article Plotting SQL Server Data for Data Visualization is up on MSSQLTips now and discusses using PyQt and Matplotlib...
2012-07-21
819 reads
Single User Performance of SQLite v. SQL Server
A look at the performance of SQL Server compared to SQLite for single user applications.
2012-07-19
7,067 reads
Writing About SQL Server
I. Introduction I recently submitted my entry for a writing competition as part of my continuing education. While I was...
2012-07-09
1,425 reads
Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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