How to get Open Live Writer working with Blogger
Wow – I didn’t blog at all in 2016! While I’m certain that falls squarely on me, perhaps a small part...
2017-02-10
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Fixing Truncation Issues with T-SQL Flex
If you’ve worked with SQL Server for any length of time, you’ve run into this error:
Msg 8152, Level 16, State...
2015-12-21
1,014 reads
Talking TypeScript on the .NET Rocks! Podcast
I appeared on the .NET Rocks podcast show #1149 this week. I had a blast talking about TypeScript, the new...
2015-06-09
787 reads
Excel 2013 Conditional Formatting for Columns
If you have two columns in an Excel sheet, and you want to conditionally format fields in the second column...
2015-01-14
756 reads
Enabling Portable Git in Node.js command prompt on Windows
GitHub for Windows doesn't put Git in the PATH by default. If you'd like your Node.js command prompt to have...
2015-01-08
1,317 reads
Using an alternate TypeScript compiler inside Visual Studio
TypeScript team member Daniel Rosenwasser provided instructions for replacing the TypeScript compiler and language service used by Visual Studio here:
https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1110#issuecomment-62451204
He...
2015-01-06
1,166 reads
Gmail and Match.com are Conspiring to Breakup My Marriage
My wife and I are happily married. Both of us were surprised the other day when she started getting Match.com...
2014-12-01
686 reads
Setting up WebStorm to debug grunt with TypeScript
It’s possible to use the WebStorm editor to debug grunt tasks if you are using TypeScript and generating .map files. ...
2014-11-28
1,647 reads
New Add-on for SSMS: T-SQL Flex
Do you ever copy query results out of SQL Server Management Studio, paste them into your text editor, and then...
2014-09-11 (first published: 2014-09-08)
10,869 reads
How to Generate a Fiddler SAZ File
Fiddler is a free program that will log HTTP and HTTPS requests on Windows. These instructions demonstrate how to use...
2014-07-08
2,830 reads
Blogs
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
SQL Server 2025 CU1 Fixes the Docker Desktop AVX Issue on macOS
Microsoft fixed the AVX instruction issue in SQL Server 2025 CU1. The container now...
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25 Years of SQL Server Central
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The Decoded Value
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Deploying SQL Server Developer Edition in Kubernetes: A Cost-Effective Alternative to RDS
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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