2012-06-07
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Seth Delconte
2012-03-26
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Verify SQL Server Login and Login Settings
Verifies that a specified login name exists and has correct settings.
2011-07-27 (first published: 2011-07-11)
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Randomizing Result Sets with NEWID
Seth Delconte brings us a technique to solve a common request. Using the NEWID function to return a random record from a result set.
2010-03-01
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Get Rid of Duplicates!
This article contains instructions on how to use some of my favorite methods to remove duplicate fields from a table.
2009-11-30
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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)See possible answers