SQL Server 2012 Books
SQL Server 2012 was released to manufacturing last week, you can download it from MSDN if you have subscription or...
2012-03-13
2,181 reads
Gethyn Ellis
SQL Server 2012 RTM–Are you waiting for SP1?
As you probably know by now SQL Server 2012 was launched last week, Microsoft had an online launch event that...
2012-03-12
3,481 reads
First SQL Server 2012 Launch Event
I asked a few questions on twitter this morning after a friend of mine said they were have problems downloading...
2012-03-06
775 reads
SQL Server 2012 RTM Today
So it looks like today is the day.
SQL Server 2012 has been RTM’d today.
General Release 1st April 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2012/mar12/03-06SQLServer12PR.mspx
2012-03-06
2,031 reads
Reporting Services 2008–Books
I have had a few people ask me recently about books that I would recommend to help further develop your...
2012-03-05
732 reads
Blogsy and my iPad
So this is just a short post to test how well I can type and use Blogsy. If it works...
2012-02-13
686 reads
Blogging: Starting a Blog
Following on from the first post in my blogging series Building a Blog I’m just going to take a quick...
2012-01-30
766 reads
Blogging: Building a Blog
I took an interest in building a blog/website several years ago when I first started my company and working for...
2012-01-27
736 reads
Rename an Analysis Services Instance
This is just a short post for Friday. I have been working a fair amount with SSAS and the rest...
2012-01-20
5,547 reads
Help JHD Help MND
My good friend Justin Hostettler-Davies (JHD) aka @JHDAVIES , the same JHD who recently scaled Kilimanjaro, is on the fund raising...
2012-01-16
795 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...
Forums
25 Years of SQL Server Central
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The Decoded Value
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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