SQL and NOT SQL: Best of 2017
With only a few days left in 2017, I thought it would be fun to do a year in review post. Below you'll find some of my top 5...
2017-12-26
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Bert Wagner
SQL and NOT SQL: Best of 2017
Photo by Rick Meyers on UnsplashWith only a few days left in 2017, I thought it would be fun to do a year...
2017-12-26
420 reads
How To Create Multi-Object JSON Arrays in SQL Server
Recently I was discussing with Peter Saverman whether it would be possible to take some database tables that look like this:
And output them so that the Cars and Toys...
2017-12-19
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How To Create Multi-Object JSON Arrays in SQL Server
Recently I was discussing with Peter Saverman whether it would be possible to take some database tables that look like...
2017-12-19
7,388 reads
Learning Through Blogging and Speaking
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday prompt created by Mala Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday was created by Adam Machanic and is a way for SQL users...
2017-12-12
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Learning Through Blogging and Speaking
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday prompt created by Mala Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday was created by...
2017-12-12
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Reducing the Number of Reads in Your Queries
In last week's post, we went over how one of best ways to improve query performance was to reduce the number of reads that your query has to do.
Less reads...
2017-12-12
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Reducing the Number of Reads in Your Queries
“A-Bridged” – reducing reads – get it? I’m sorry you’re reading this. Photo by Jamie Street on UnsplashIn last week’s post, we went over how...
2017-12-12
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How to use Statistics IO to Improve Your Query Performance
SQL Server's STATISTICS IO reporting is a great tool to help you performance tune queries.
Usually the goal of performance tuning is to make your query run faster. One of...
2017-12-05
59 reads
How to use Statistics IO to Improve Your Query Performance
SQL Server’s STATISTICS IO reporting is a great tool to help you performance tune queries.Usually the goal of performance tuning...
2017-12-05
2,967 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
Forums
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
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Encoding URLs
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers