Quickly Add Telnet
Have you found yourself on a server or workstation that doesn't have telnet (typical in new builds and new Azure...
2014-11-17
1,303 reads
Will Assaf
Houston TechFest 2014: SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's
Awesome crowd this morning for my SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's presentation at Houston TechFest 2014, thanks very much...
2014-09-13
570 reads
Restoring Toggle Results Window as Ctrl+R in SSMS
Recent versions of SQL Server Management Studio have unmapped Control+R as the toggle for the Results window in a typical...
2014-09-03
1,858 reads
The Nine SQL Server Careers
Microsoft SQL Server is a mature and broad technology platform that supports a diverse set of careers - this blog post...
2014-09-02
1,494 reads
Painful or Helpful? No SSMS Multiserver Results if One Instance Errors
I've been going back and forth with this question for a few days now.
If one instance in a multiserver query presents an...
2014-09-01 (first published: 2014-08-26)
6,259 reads
SQLSat Birmingham: SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMVs
Thanks for attending my session today SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMVs at 8AM!
Here's the link to a .zip file...
2014-08-21
578 reads
SQLSat Birmingham: SQL Server Permissions and Security Principals
Thanks for attending my session today, SQL Server Permissions and Security Principals at 9:15AM!
Here's the link to a .zip file to...
2014-08-21
546 reads
SQL Saturday Birmingham 2014
I'm looking forward to geauxing with a handful of Sparkhound colleagues and friends to speak at SQL Saturday Birmingham on...
2014-08-19
543 reads
SQLSaturday Baton Rouge Business Intelligence and Recap - 1 of 2
(This is the first part of a two-part post on a SQLSaturday Baton Rouge 2014 recap.)
Been quiet on this blog...
2014-08-10
747 reads
SQLSaturday Baton Rouge Business Intelligence and Recap - 2 of 2
(This is the second part of a two-part post on a SQLSaturday Baton Rouge 2014 recap.)
Out of a total of...
2014-08-10
565 reads
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
By Steve Jones
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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25 Years of SQL Server Central
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The Decoded Value
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Deploying SQL Server Developer Edition in Kubernetes: A Cost-Effective Alternative to RDS
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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