SQL Table Columns Disappear in Access
A couple weeks ago a user complained that on one of our development databases, one of the views he was...
2011-09-28
1,617 reads
Seth Phelabaum
Replication DDL Triggers
Because this was a problem that Google was zero help on and I did find a couple other people afflicted...
2011-09-21
2,184 reads
Normalize your Linked Server Names
This is a technique I’m sure many people are already using in their environments. Instead of using the actual name...
2011-09-14
3,597 reads
SSMS Tips & Tricks – Registered Server Groups
Here are a couple more SSMS tricks I’ve stumbled upon recently. Both involve the functionality of registered servers. If you...
2011-04-17
1,595 reads
SSMS Tips & Tricks – Scripting Multiple Objects
This is one that I figured most everyone would know, but repeatedly over the past couple weeks in my office,...
2011-04-02
1,348 reads
SSMS Tools Pack – Script Grid Results
Most of us like things that make our lives easier. When they’re free, it’s just that much sweeter. I would...
2011-02-13
1,578 reads
SSMS Tips and Tricks – ALTernative Highlighting
This isn’t exactly the best thing since bread (or even sliced bread for that matter), but I figured I’d share...
2011-02-07
1,313 reads
2010 Goals Review
So… this is late. And I missed my q3 goals review all together. Oh well, not much I can do...
2011-01-23
726 reads
2011 Goals
Last year I posted professional goals along with quite a few other bloggers and it helped to keep me somewhat...
2011-01-23
765 reads
Going to SQL Saturday #46 in Raleigh, NC
So, after a rather hectic few months, I’m finally crawling back out of the hole I’ve been occupying and getting...
2010-09-16
741 reads
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...
Forums
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