Time Trial sys.dm_exec_query_plan vs sys.dm_exec_sql_text
I’ve been working on a way to test performance usage on a server by database. I started out using sys.dm_exec_query_stats...
2012-11-12
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Kenneth Fisher
A review of Knight’s 24-Hour Trainer Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
About three years ago my manager came up to me and said “We need someone to learn SSIS, you’re it.” ...
2012-11-07
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Looping through multiple servers in SSIS
This is just a quickie post to answer a question on how to loop through multiple servers in SSIS. There...
2012-11-05 (first published: 2012-10-31)
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How do I find all stored procedures or views that use a specific table?
Many years ago when I was still working on SQL 2000 I occasionally needed to find all stored procedures and views...
2012-10-26
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I can connect to my instance locally but not remotely
Every now and again (today for example) I’ll get a call that one of our SQL Server instances is down. ...
2012-10-23
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2012-10-22
2,304 reads
fn_OBJECT_TYPE
I recently started using OBJECT_NAME, OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME and OBJECT_ID functions; unfortunately I really could have used OBJECT_TYPE but it doesn’t exist...
2012-10-19
1,237 reads
A review of SQL Interoperability / Joes 2 Pros Volume 5 by Rick A Morelan
I recently passed my MCTS 2008 Development (70-433). Yay me! That made my 3rd 2008 certification. This one was probably the...
2012-10-15
1,849 reads
Multiple CTEs
Multiple CTEs
It’s somewhat obscure in BOL and I wasn’t able to find any examples but it turns out you can...
2012-10-11 (first published: 2012-10-09)
4,567 reads
Active flag on the TCP/IP Properties page of SQL Server Configuration Manager
I’ve been unable to connect to a server via one of its aliases for about a week. When I looked...
2012-10-05
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Blogs
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Forums
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