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Win DevOps books with Redgate’s competition
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SQL Server T-SQL CASE Statement Examples
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Your Top 10 Ideas for SQL Server
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2021-05-14
Automating Azure DevOps with Logic Apps
Azure Logic Apps can be used to automate steps like sending approval emails. Elie Bou Issa explains automating Azure DevOps with Logic Apps.
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Take our survey to win a $500 Amazon gift card
Take the 2021 State of Database Monitoring survey and tell us about how you monitor your databases, instances and servers. By taking the survey, you’ll contribute to (and get early access to) the leading industry-wide report on database monitoring, and be entered to a prize draw for a $500 Amazon gift card.
2021-05-12
Running Dynamic Code Quality Checks on Flyway Databases: Table Smells
How to extend the range of SQL code analysis, during database development, to include dynamic analysis of the database metadata. This will allow regular checks for problems with the design of your tables and indexes ("table smells") that can affect database performance and data integrity.
2021-05-10
SQL Server Sequence Numbers
In this tip we look at the Sequence Number feature in SQL Server and compare it to the use of identity columns.
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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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