SQL and Azure Maze
Something fun for the end of the month. Here are a handful of mazes for you to enjoy. I found...
2018-05-08 (first published: 2018-04-30)
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Snapshot vs Read Committed Snapshot
For a quick introduction to transaction isolation levels see my previous post on them.
Once snapshot isolation is enabled on a...
2018-05-08
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SQLOrlando Meetup Coming Up on May 23, 2018
We’ve been on a break with regards to most things SQL here in Orlando, but we’re getting things going again...
2018-05-08
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Trading Data For Convenience
If data is the new oil, then the web is the world’s biggest gas station. Every day a few billion people...
2018-05-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #102 – Giving Back
This month Rily Major (b | t) ask us to talk about how we are giving back to the community if...
2018-05-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #102 – Giving Back
This month Rily Major (b | t) ask us to talk about how we are giving back to the community if...
2018-05-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #102–Getting Started
It’s time for another blog party, on the second Tuesday of the month. For this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, Riley Major...
2018-05-08
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T-SQL Tuesday: Giving back to the community
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday from Riley Major (b|t) asks us to figure out a way to give back to the...
2018-05-08
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Automating Automatic Indexing in Azure SQL Database
I’ve been in love with the concept of a database as a service ever since I first laid eyes on...
2018-05-07 (first published: 2018-04-30)
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Day 7 Configuration – Environmental Variable
On day 6 we discussed about Programs. today is very important day, we will discussing about Configuration options or parameters. All...
2018-05-07
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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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SQL Server 2025 Backup Compression Algorithm
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Question of the Day
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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