David Dewitt at the PASS Summit
The PASS Summit is complete and we got what we asked for from David Dewitt. He spoke on the third...
2010-11-15
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StrateSQL
PASSMN November Meeting This Week
The PASS Summit has past and now it ‘s time to mention that the November PASSMN meeting is coming up...
2010-11-15
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SQLServerPedia Awards Winner
Thanks to all those that voted for my Index Black Ops blog series for the SQLServerPedia blog awards. I am...
2010-11-15
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White Paper of Supportability Roadmaps
Last week, a new white paper was released that discusses supportability roadmaps for ISVs. The white paper is Testing and...
2010-11-09
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1-Week to PASS Summit 2010 – After Hours
Final post for the countdown – a little later in the week than I wanted. Right now there is less than...
2010-11-05
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PASSMN 2011 Board of Directors
For the third year in a row, we’ve had a blockbuster PASSMN Board of Directors election. By that, I mean...
2010-11-05
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Return of the Index Analysis Report
Let’s Anaylze An Index! Finally up to the last post of this series resurgence. Time to update the Index Analysis...
2010-11-04
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SQLServerPedia Award Nomination
I thought this week was going to be pretty low key. SQL Saturday 58 has wrapped up. The PASS Summit...
2010-11-04
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SQL Saturday 58 – It’s A Wrap! #sqlsat58
It’s Tuesday after PASSMN’s first SQL Saturday event in Minnesota. After a restful weekend, I’m finally starting to completely wind...
2010-11-03
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Why are DBA skills necessary? #TSQL2sDay
Time for another T-SQL Tuesday and this time I’ll finish my entry in time. This month we are talking about...
2010-11-02
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Blogs
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
Forums
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers