Weekly reading 10#
New week has started. 1/2 of the Coding Family Team has exams at school today. We were all busy last weeks…. But now it ends! And this must be...
2019-04-08
27 reads
Weekly reading #9
Good morning, today is 1st April. Maybe it is a good time to say that for example SQL Server was acquired by its main competitor on the market? No,...
2019-03-31
78 reads
Weekly reading #8
Good day! Good week! Let’s start it with some news form the Data Platform world!
SQL Internals – Physical Table Structure under...
2019-03-25
230 reads
Weekly reading #7
It is MVP Summit time! I have not made it this year unfortunately. I hope all MVPs have a greate...
2019-03-18
346 reads
#ITechDay in Warsaw
We were enjoying Thursday on conference in Warsaw. We have arrived pretty lately but easily saw the awesome atmosphere there....
2019-03-13
256 reads
Weekly reading #6
Coding Family is late this week with the blog post! It is due to heavy storms and wind! It started...
2019-03-11
236 reads
Weekly reading #5
Last week was busy the busy one. The SQL Bits, SQL Server CTP 2.3 and other great stuff have come...
2019-03-04
342 reads
#ConditionalCode in Python with Dominika
Here it is! The second article about Python! This time I have described how tou use simple conditional code in...
2019-02-26
819 reads
Weekly reading #4
It is spring around the corner but we do not know where the corner is. All I know it is...
2019-02-25
121 reads
Interview with Uwe Ricken
I have just done my first interview! The very special guest was Uwe Ricken!
My idea for the interview was...
2019-02-19
118 reads
Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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...
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Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice!
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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