July Already...
Amazingly its July already, the year is flying by. With a very busy July and August lined up and a...
2016-07-04
402 reads
Gethyn Ellis
BREXIT…IT professionals need a plan… much like the UK government
The events that have unfolded over the last few days since the shock result that the BRExit referendum delivered, has,...
2016-06-28
495 reads
IT Training: Super Duper Deal!!
In the wake of last week’s BREXIT vote and subsequent fallout, I decided to delay making this announcement until today....
2016-06-27
422 reads
SQL Server 2016 RTM – Is Anyone Still Waiting for the First Service Pack?
Well most of the SQL Server news last week focused around the launch of SQL Server 2016. SQL Server RTM...
2016-06-09 (first published: 2016-06-06)
4,211 reads
Word-wrap in SQL Server Management Studio
I was delivering a SQL Server upgrade class last week in Toronto Canada. I got asked a slightly off topic...
2016-05-12 (first published: 2016-05-04)
3,391 reads
Putting your Head in the Clouds–An Introduction to Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure
If you attended David’s session Putting your Head in the Clouds today at SQL Bits today you can download the...
2016-05-07
407 reads
Go and See David’s Session at SQL Bits on Saturday
In yesterday’s blog about the latest version of David’s book on SQL Azure I mentioned David was delivering his SQL...
2016-05-06
396 reads
Free eBook – Azure SQL Databases
PuttingYour Head In the Cloud An Introduction to Cloud Computing and Azure SQLDatabases by David Postlethwaite has been revised in...
2016-05-05
619 reads
Word Wrap in SQL Server Management Studio
I was delivering a SQL Server upgrade class last week in Toronto Canada. I got asked a slightly off topic...
2016-05-04
2,996 reads
Weekly Round-up 30 April 2016
It’s been an interesting week for me. I spent last week in Toronto delivering a SQL Server upgrade course and...
2016-05-03
367 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Ranch Rules
By Steve Jones
Leave a gate behind you the way you first found it. – from Excellent...
Fix Slow, Bloated MSDB: Purge Old History And Add Missing Indexes
By SQLPals
Fix Slow, Bloated MSDB: Purge Old History And Add Missing Indexes ...
Three Ways to Use Snowflake Data in Microsoft Fabric
By James Serra
Organizations increasingly want Snowflake and Microsoft Fabric to coexist without duplicating data or fragmenting...
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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