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Custom Log Shipping using VB.NET

This is a first version of a custom solution for SQL Server log shipping using VB.NET 2005 and .NET Framework v.2.0. The script has to run on a server where you have SQL Server 2005 (or at least tools) installed because it uses new SMO. For some functions of the script you will have to […]

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2007-06-22 (first published: )

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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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