PASS Summit 2018 – Day 2 – 11/8/2018
It is day 2 of the summit already, am at the bloggers table again, waiting for the rest of the...
2018-11-08
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Mala Mahadevan
PASS Summit 2018 – Day 1 – 11/7/2018
I am proud and fortunate to be sitting beside stars of the community at the blogging table this year. I...
2018-11-07
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T-SQL Tuesday 108 Invitation- Non SQL Server Technologies
I am proud and honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday again. This monthly blog party started by SQL Guru Adam...
2018-10-29
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Protected: TSQL Tuesday 108 – Community Rituals
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2018-10-25
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Data Professionals at Work – a book-writing adventure
I love to write. It is how I express myself best. During the last fall I was pondering starting on...
2018-09-04
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10 SQL Saturdays – and a personal parting of ways
I’ve written many posts on SQL Saturdays , especially the one at Louisville. This one is a bit different. This is...
2018-07-23
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Lessons on relocating – from running SQL Saturdays
I recently accepted a job offer in another town and relocated from my base of Louisville, KY. I have not...
2018-06-04
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Ohhhhhh S…t!! A tribute to Robert Davis
Today marks 3 days since we’ve lost Robert Davis a.k.a SQLSoldier, one of the pillars of SQL Family community.
I was...
2018-04-13 (first published: 2018-04-05)
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Data experiments with salary survey – I
As someone who just crossed three decades of working in technology – I have a sudden renewed interest in understanding how...
2018-03-22 (first published: 2018-03-12)
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My experience with TechOutbound 2018 – Caribbean
I am a passionate, regular attendee of Techoutbound (formerly SQLCruise) events. I try to do at least one every year. ...
2018-02-26
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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