Just released new build of ExpressProfiler.
No major changes, just cosmetic improvements - shortcut here, confirmation dialog there, new captured events (SQL:StmtStarting/Completed,...
2014-08-11 (first published: 2014-08-04)
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Twice a week I am asked "why don't you add new cool feature to ExpressProfiler?"
The answer is as simple as...
2014-07-22
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Sometimes people ask me: "What wrong with following code? Why issue BP017 is registered?"
delete d
from dbo.Data d innerjoin #ids i...
2014-07-07
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Imagine that you have a huge collection of Hello Kitty images (I do).
One day you make a decision to organize...
2014-06-30
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Core of ExpressProfiler was born about 8 years ago when I worked for a company whose mission was the migration...
2014-06-23
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When surfing SQL Server forums you might notice a lot of questions like "How do I script my data and...
2014-06-17 (first published: 2014-06-15)
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Imagine that you have a table of customers
createtable Customer
(
Name varchar(30),
LastName varchar(30),
Title varchar(30)
);
go
insertinto Customer values('Alex','Smith','Mr.');
insertinto Customer values('John','Doe','Dr.');
goNow you selecting list...
2014-06-10 (first published: 2014-06-09)
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It may happenthatyou have a needto check thescripts thatyou have on yourdisk. For example, it may be part of yourbuildprocess.So how...
2014-06-02
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What are the magic pink numbers you can see in Code Outline window?The answer is very simple - these are Code Complexity...
2014-05-28 (first published: 2014-05-23)
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Today we released new version of SQL Code Guard, 2.5.5257
Main changes:
SQL Code Guard is digitally signed now to satisfy corporate...
2014-05-26
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By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
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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