Manish Kumar

Manish is a Data warehouse/Business Intelligence Solution expert. He has a Master’s degree in Computer Applications with 11+ years of experience resulting from associations with organizations such as Mahindra Satyam, Verizon, ITC Infotech and Aditi Technologies. While associated with these companies, he has had the opportunity to work with well-known names such as Microsoft (R&D, AdCenter India) and Danske Bank Denmark. He is MCITP (SQL 2008 Business Intelligence Developer) certified and his skills and expertise include Design and Architecture definition for BI/DW solutions. He has successfully implemented various BI & DW projects with coverage across ETL, Data Modeling, OLAP, Data Analysis, Data Quality, Analytical Reporting, Data Mining, Dash Board design and implementation as well in fine tuning complex queries and databases.

Manish’s hobbies include writing and reading Hindi poems, cooking, hiking , sports, philanthropy, sharing technical knowledge and listening to music.

BI on SQL Azure

Introduction

A newly emerged concept ‘cloud computing’ is a phenomenon which is quickly embedding into all sectors of IT industry. Data Warehouse (DW) and Business Intelligence (BI) is...

2011-07-20

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BI on SQL Azure

Introduction
A newly emerged concept ‘cloud computing’ is a phenomenon which is quickly embedding into all sectors of IT industry. Data...

2011-07-20

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The Large Encoded Value

I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?

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