Folders to Check for errors in SQL Patching or Installation
Recently, while applying SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3, encountered the following error and SQL Patch failed to upgrade.
"The patch...
2016-11-04
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Nagaraj Venkatesan
Dummies Guide for a SQL Server Presentation
Preparing for SQL Server presentations is always a challenge. This article provides a few guidelines for the same
2016-10-27
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Technical Presentations - What happen's behind the scene
A while ago I wrote a piece on public speaking assignements over here and promised to write what it takes to...
2016-10-27
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Query Store – Part 2 - Configuration Settings
Introduction to Query Store covered here.
Now for the second part on “How to Configure?”
Query Store is configured at the...
2016-10-24
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Query Plan's Compile Time Parameter Values
Most of you would know how to get the query plan from the cache via "sys.dm_exec_cached_plans" or "sys.dm_exec_query_stats" DMV or...
2016-10-17
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Check Database Server Workload - Batches/ Sec
Today's post is about a simple but very useful query.
One of the basic things one needs to check is the...
2016-10-12
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SQL Server 2016 Query Store - Gentle Introduction - 1
Query Store is perhaps one of the path breaking features to release in SQL Server 2016. This post will give...
2016-10-09
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Sp_recompile doesn't recompile!!!!
Many of us use the stored procedure "sp_recompile" to mark the stored procedure for recompilation, so that next time it...
2016-10-06
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Current Running Queries
Following script is perhaps the most executed script in my 10 year Database Administration career. The script has been my...
2016-08-11 (first published: 2016-08-07)
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Speaking at SQL Server Geeks Annual Summit 2016
I am very happy and proud to share the news that I will be speaking in SQL Server Geeks Annual...
2016-07-25
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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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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