Rotating encryption keys for Always Encrypted
In my last post, I talked about the process of rotating your encryption keys. It’s just one of those routine...
2018-05-09 (first published: 2018-05-01)
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday #102: Giving Back
Last month we had the opportunity to discuss some of the most important tools for a data professional. I took...
2018-05-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #102: Giving Back
This is my diatribe about service and giving back to the community. When done properly, there is a natural born effect of enhancing one's personal life equal in some...
2018-05-09
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#tsql2sday – Giving Back – Reprise
It’s TSQL Tuesday again! This month our host is Riley Major (b/t) and the subject is Giving Back. He’s given us...
2018-05-08
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Contributing to Community
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #102 prompt by Riley Major. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for SQL Server users to share ideas about different...
2018-05-08
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Contributing to Community
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #102 prompt by Riley Major. T-SQL Tuesday is a way...
2018-05-08
649 reads
Contributing to Community
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #102 prompt by Riley Major. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for SQL Server users to share ideas about different...
2018-05-08
1 reads
Day 8 Configuration- Command-line
Yesterday we discuss about different ways of options and configuring with environment variable which will place MySQL locate for values...
2018-05-08
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Giving back [T-SQL Tuesday #102]
This post is part of the May 2018 T-SQL Tuesday blog challenge, “Giving Back“, from Riley Major. It’s been quite a while since I’ve participated in a T-SQL Tuesday....
2018-05-08
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Giving back [T-SQL Tuesday #102]
This post is part of the May 2018 T-SQL Tuesday blog challenge, “Giving Back“, from Riley Major. It’s been quite a while since I’ve participated in a T-SQL Tuesday....
2018-05-08
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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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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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