David Pruden

Analytical, highly adaptable leader with 20+ years experience developing, upgrading, and integrating data warehouse and business intelligence solutions.
Accomplished communicator skilled at explaining complex, technical information to non-technical audiences and team leader.
Leverage business acumen, technical knowledge and analytical skills to help organizations achieve strategic objectives and articulate a future vision.
Recognized for ability to partner with business leaders and technical teams to plan, integrate, document and execute complex project plans on time and on budget.
  • Interests: Fine Arts, Photography, Travel
  • Skills: Management, leadership, Agile, Scrum, Data Warehouse, Database Administration, ETL, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, Tabular, Multidimensional, Neo4j

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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)

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