SQL Server 2008 SP3 Cumulative Update 5 Released
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 today. The first one is SQL Server 2008 SP3...
2012-05-21
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Glenn Berry
Dell 12th Generation Server Cheat Sheet
Over the past several months, Dell has been rolling out a number of new 12th generation servers that all use...
2012-05-16
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Speaking at Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta 2012 on May 19
I will be presenting two sessions at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta in Denver on May 19, 2012. This is...
2012-05-10
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The Fantastic 12 of SQL Server 2012
The SQL Server Team Blog is in the midst of posting twelve, short weekly videos that let someone from the...
2012-05-07
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Updated SQL Rockstar Blogger Rankings
This morning, Thomas LaRock (blog|@SQLRockstar) released an updated version of his Blogger Rankings. I was very happy and humbled to...
2012-05-07
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Building an Intel Ivy Bridge Desktop System, Part 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote about buying some of the components that I needed to build a new 22nm...
2012-05-02
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Checking Your Main BIOS Version
As some of you may know, I spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps back during the Reagan administration....
2012-05-01
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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (May 2012)
Since tomorrow is May 1, I think it is time to publish the latest set of SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic...
2012-04-30
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (April 2012)
It is hard to believe, but SQL Server 2012 has been GA for nearly a month now. Because of this,...
2012-04-26
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Intel Ivy Bridge Release Coverage
Web sites, blogs and media outlets in Europe and the U.K. are starting to post some early Ivy Bridge stories,...
2012-04-23
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Blogs
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Forums
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
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Encoding URLs
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers