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Truncating and deleting all tables in a database

Sometimes, during test stage, you may need to truncate or delete all your tables in a database, without droping constraints, truncating and recreating constraints (DRI). You can use the TRUNCATE TABLE statement to removes all rows from a table without logging the individual row deletes, but tables referenced by a FOREIGN KEY constraint can not […]

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List of triggers in a database

Give the following information, about triggers in the database.Parent_Name      Parent_Type Name                         Type               Insert Update Delete IsFirstInsertTrigger IsFirstUpdateTrigger IsFirstDeleteTrigger IsLastInsertTrigger IsLastUpdateTrigger IsLastDeleteTrigger

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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) 

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