SQL University: Precedence Constraints
Welcome back, class! In our last class, we setup a parent-child package configuration and showed how you can pass variables...
2011-05-06
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sqlchicken
SQLRally OverDrive Events!
So you’re going to SQLRally in Orlando next week? Want to take advantage of ALL of the awesome opportunities presented?...
2011-05-06
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Policy-Based Management and Local Password Policy
This post is based on an interesting question/situation that was posted over at ASKSSC.com today. The user asked how to...
2011-05-04
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Parents Just Don’t Understand
Welcome to the second week of SSIS this semester at SQL University. Today we’re going to talk about the relationship...
2011-05-02
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SQL University: Parents Just Don’t Understand
Welcome to the second week of SSIS this semester at SQL University. Today we’re going to talk about the relationship...
2011-05-02
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Be the Master of your Data Warehouse Universe at SQLRally!
Do you have a data warehouse initiative in your current organization and looking for a way to learn how to...
2011-04-14
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Find Table Heaps Using Policy-Based Management
This is just a quick post in regards to a conversation I just had via Twitter. If you don’t already...
2011-04-08
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Meme Monday: 11 Words or Less
Looks like time for another meme, this time from Tom LaRock (Blog | Twitter). He challenged us to write a blog...
2011-04-04
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24 Hours of PASS: Day 1
Yesterday was the first day of PASS’ 24 Hours of PASS event. For those not familiar, 24 Hours of PASS is...
2011-03-16
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SQL University Lecture Series: Women in Tech
This week SQL University is on Spring Break but we’ve lined up some activities to help keep students busy (you...
2011-03-16
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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SQL Server 2025 Backup Compression Algorithm
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Question of the Day
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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