Whitepaper Wednesday - Mirroring a Large Number of Databases in a Single SQL Server Instance
Hey folks,
With high availability being so “high” on everyone’s list mirroring is a hot topic. This article by Sanjay Mishra...
2010-09-06
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Mission Accomplished – Well sort of …
Did you ever set a goal and then sort of … demolish it without realizing it? That has happened this year....
2010-08-26
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Mission Accomplished... Well sort of..
Did you ever set a goal and then sort of … demolish it without realizing it?
That has happened this year....
2010-08-25
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SFSSUG - Great Upcoming Speakers
Hey Folks,
We have some great speakers coming up at the SFSSUG in South Florida. Check out Devin Knight here talking...
2010-08-25
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SFSSUG – Great Upcoming Speakers
Hey Folks,
We ahve some great speakers coming up at the SFSSUG in South Florida. Check out Devin Knight here talking...
2010-08-24
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24 Hours of PASS is coming people!
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I’m excited to be one of the speakers on this fall’s 24 Hours of PASS. Check it out here...
2010-08-19
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24 Hours of PASS is getting closer
I’m excited to be one of the speakers on this fall’s 24 Hours of PASS.
It’s coming on quickly so make...
2010-08-19
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Catching up on SSC
Hey there gang ! – It’s been a while since I’ve written on here and I apologize. It’s shameful I know. I...
2010-08-19
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I will be at PASS will you ?
Pretty exciting stuff gang! I have an approved session and an alternate for the PASS Summit in November. The SQL...
2010-08-19
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In Depth – Parallel Data Warehousing – PDW
What are we talking about?
Recently Microsoft released a new version of SQL Server 2008 R2 called Parallel Data Warehouse Edition....
2010-08-19
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Blogs
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
SQL Server 2025 CU1 Fixes the Docker Desktop AVX Issue on macOS
Microsoft fixed the AVX instruction issue in SQL Server 2025 CU1. The container now...
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers