Len() and DataLength()
Both system functions, Len() and DataLength(), in SQL Server are used to measure the length of the data. The main...
2013-05-16
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Len() and DataLength()
Both system functions, Len() and DataLength(), in SQL Server are used to measure the length of the data. The main difference of those 2 is that Len() gets the...
2013-05-16
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Protect Yourself from Using DBCC WritePage
I blogged DBCC WritePage a year ago here http://www.sqlnotes.info/2011/11/23/dbcc-writepage/. It’s an extremely dangerous command especially with the last parameter “directORbufferpool”...
2013-05-14
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Protect Yourself from Using DBCC WritePage
I blogged DBCC WritePage a year ago here http://www.sqlnotes.info/2011/11/23/dbcc-writepage/. It’s an extremely dangerous command especially with the last parameter “directORbufferpool” of this command turned on. I also showed you...
2013-05-14
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Attach Database with Missing NDF File
I wonder if you’ve had the situation that I had before where you have to attach a database with one...
2013-05-13 (first published: 2013-05-07)
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Bring Offline File Online — Modify SQL Server Metadata
In my last post, I demonstrated how to mount a database with missing NDF files. In the end, we still...
2013-05-09
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Bring Offline File Online — Modify SQL Server Metadata
In my last post, I demonstrated how to mount a database with missing NDF files. In the end, we still have issues removing tables created over missing files, the...
2013-05-09
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Attach Database with Missing NDF File
I wonder if you’ve had the situation that I had before where you have to attach a database with one or few missing .ndf files. It seems pretty common...
2013-05-07
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Fix Page Checksum
A checksum value is tagged with every data page in SQL Server. This is used to detect issues on the...
2013-05-02
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Fix Page Checksum
A checksum value is tagged with every data page in SQL Server. This is used to detect issues on the storage system to ensure what has been read from...
2013-05-02
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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