Sub query pass through
Occasionally in forums and on client sites I see conditional subqueries in statements. This is where the developer has decided...
2013-03-26 (first published: 2013-03-22)
3,582 reads
Dave Ballantyne
SQL Saturday 194
On the weekend of the 9th March 2013, the second SQL Saturday in the UK occurred. A massive thank you...
2013-03-12
660 reads
A year of SQL Lunchs
Time does fly, and happy birthday SQL Lunch UK.
It has been a year since the first SQLLunch UK, and over...
2013-02-17
696 reads
Deploying SSRS artefacts using Powershell ( Simply)
As ive stated in the past, i’m presently part of a team on an ALM project for a major UK...
2013-02-12
4,103 reads
Photo cataloguer
If you are anything like me, by know you will have a few thousand digital images spread across multiple directories...
2013-01-20
730 reads
Scaling out SQLLunch UK
As you may be aware, I have been running a lunch time user group ‘SQLLunch UK’ having stolen drawn inspiration...
2013-01-11
664 reads
SSDT – TSQL Unit testing in multiple environments
Late in December, one the long awaited portions of functionality inside SSDT was released to an eager public, that being...
2013-01-07
1,753 reads
When is a whitespace not a whitespace ?
As I'm sure I must have mentioned in the past, I’m presently involved in a large ALM project at a...
2013-01-04
1,526 reads
My new favourite traceflag
As we are all aware, there are a number of traceflags. Some documented, some semi-documented and some completely undocumented. Here...
2012-12-06
990 reads
SQL Saturday 194 - Exeter
Many kudos goes to Jonathan and Annette Allen and the others on the team for confirming SQL Saturday 194 in...
2012-12-06
875 reads
Blogs
I recommend Smart Brevity (book) for communications
By Brian Kelley
Following the advice in Smart Brevity improves communication.
SQL Server 2025 Developer Edition – One size fits all
By John
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025, bringing big improvements to its main database engine....
Monday Monitor Tips: Learning While Using the Tool
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about what certain items in Redgate Monitor mean. They have...
Forums
Switch partition: NULL boundary id
I have table: t1 in schema1 with 19 billion records. I have another table...
Minimally Viable Security
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Encoding NULL
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Question of the Day
Encoding NULL
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2025?
SELECT BASE64_ENCODE(NULL)See possible answers