Alter Table Not Permitted
By David Postlethwaite
At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some...
2014-04-10
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Gethyn Ellis
Dedicated Administrator Connection
By David Postlethwaite
At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some...
2014-04-09
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SQL Saturday Exeter
A couple weeks back was the second SQL Saturday to be held in Exeter. Although I wasn’t speaking this time,...
2014-04-07
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Backup and Housekeeping with Maintenance Plans
Get an idea of how to handle the housekeeping tasks associated with backups, like removing old backup and log files.
2014-02-17 (first published: 2011-01-26)
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SQL Server 2012 and Virtual Service Accounts
This post is written by David Postlethwaite
If you are using SQL Server 2012 you will probably have noticed that the...
2014-01-13
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SQL Server Training in London this Christmas
If you are thinking of upgrading to SQL Server 2012 in the near future then why not join me in...
2013-12-09
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Superfast Broadband – can be a drawn out slow and frustrating process
I’m writing this blog post to simply to vent some frustration. I live in Wales’ third largest city, Newport and...
2013-12-06
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Test Post – Please ignore
I’m just testng out my new laptop making sure things are working as they should
2013-11-18
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SQL Server Training Events–November and December 2013
I’m in New York City this week delivering a SQL Server Virtualization and Consolidation 3 days course for Learning Tree....
2013-10-29
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Job: SQL Server DBA (Permanent UK)
A client of mine are looking for a good SQL Server DBA on a permanent basis, the location is flexible...
2013-09-05
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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...
Forums
25 Years of SQL Server Central
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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