Building Debug Symbols – Troubleshooting symbol building
Recently,I have been working with the Debugger Symbols for SQL Server to generate call stacks and learn more about the internals of SQL Server. I approached one of...
2015-01-01
5 reads
Anthony Nocentino
Tracing call stacks in SQL Server – Installing the Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg) on Windows 8.1 and generating debug symbols for SQL Server binaries
Where to get the debugger tools
To generate the needed symbols you will need the “Standalone Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg)” download here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852365
How to...
2015-01-01
868 reads
Tracing call stacks in SQL Server – Installing the Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg) on Windows 8.1 and generating debug symbols for SQL Server binaries
Where to get the debugger tools To generate the needed symbols you will need the “Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 10” download here: https://dev.windows.com/en-us/downloads/windows-10-sdk and click “Download the standalone SDK” ...
2015-01-01
8 reads
Tracing call stacks in SQL Server – Introduction
At this fall’s SQLIntersection conference in Las Vegas I attended, Paul Randal’s (t|b)“Performance Troubleshooting Using Latches and Waits” precon. Where at...
2014-12-24
1,036 reads
Tracing call stacks in SQL Server – Introduction
At this fall’s SQLIntersection conference in Las Vegas I attended, Paul Randal’s (t|b)“Performance Troubleshooting Using Latches and Waits” precon. Where at he asked for some assistance compiling data for a...
2014-12-24
7 reads
Contact
The best way to contact me is via email, please feel free to reach out at info@centinosystems.com and you will be replied to promptly.
Thank you!
2014-12-13
6 reads
Book Review – Query Tuning & Optimization
Via Twitter in October Benjamin Nevarez@BenjaminNevarez solicited help for book reviewers for his new book “Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Query Tuning...
2014-12-04
739 reads
Book Review – Query Tuning & Optimization
Via Twitter in October Benjamin Nevarez @BenjaminNevarez solicited help for book reviewers for his new book “Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Query Tuning & Optimization” I jumped at this opportunity as...
2014-12-04
9 reads
First Blog Post
Well, this is my first blog post…I’ve said I was going to do this for a long time and it’s...
2014-12-04
250 reads
First Blog Post
Well, this is my first blog post…I’ve said I was going to do this for a long time and it’s finally here. Via Twitter a in October Benjamin Nevarez @BenjaminNevarez solicited...
2014-12-04
7 reads
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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25 Years of SQL Server Central
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The Decoded Value
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Deploying SQL Server Developer Edition in Kubernetes: A Cost-Effective Alternative to RDS
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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