SQLSaturday Houston!
Thanks for joining me for a full room and a boatload of quick-delivered SQL 2017 information in the second timeslot today at SQLSaturday Houston 2018! Lots of great questions,...
2018-06-23
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Will Assaf
SQLSat Houston This Weekend!
The wife and I are making the road trip this weekend to SQLSat Houston and we're both speaking!This SQLSaturday Houston is going to be great - looking forward to...
2018-06-19
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Thanks for joining us at SQLSat Dallas!
Engaged crowds and great questions at both my morning sessions on Saturday morning at SQLSat Dallas, an event put together by a team of expert SQLSat organizers, including SQL...
2018-05-20
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See you at SQLSat Dallas!
Looking forward to making the road trip on Friday and joining the #SQLFamily at SQLSat Dallas 2018 this Saturday. It's my first SQLSat Dallas since my last trip to...
2018-05-16
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Thanks for joining us at the Spring Houston Tech Fest 2018
Congrats to Michael, Eric, John, all the organizers and volunteers, and all the speakers for a successful Spring Houston Tech Fest 2018. It was a pleasure for the wife...
2018-05-05
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Ready for Houston Tech Fest 2018
Houston Tech Fest is this weekend!In 2016, there was a wedding. In 2017, rescheduled at the last minute because of Harvey, I couldn't reschedule. But prior to 2016, I...
2018-05-01
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What's New In SQL Server 2017? at the March '18 Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
Thanks to everyone to attended the BRSSUG meeting tonight at our sponsor's location at the Baton Rouge Alliance Safety Council location and their awesome classroom training facility.See you next...
2018-03-15
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What's New In SQL Server 2017? at the March '18 Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
Thanks to everyone to attended the BRSSUG meeting tonight at our sponsor's location at the Baton Rouge Alliance Safety Council...
2018-03-14
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SQL 2017 Administration Inside Out - link dump
Hello all-
More than a year's work went into the newest Inside Out book by Microsoft Press, I was happy to...
2018-03-07
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Activate Conference 2018: Presentation info
A special hello if you're visiting this blog post during or after my workshops on Thursday afternoon, February 22 at...
2018-02-22
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Blogs
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
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One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
SQL Server 2025 CU1 Fixes the Docker Desktop AVX Issue on macOS
Microsoft fixed the AVX instruction issue in SQL Server 2025 CU1. The container now...
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Question of the Day
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