Why nested views are bad
Nested views are bad. Let’s get that out of the way. What is a nested view anyway? Imagine that you...
2018-02-14
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Blog Posts
How I Accidentally Found a Passion for Plants (#TSQL2sDay 99)
For TSQL Tuesday #99, @AaronBertrand gave us an invitation to write about something we’re passionate about outside of SQL Server. As a community we spend a lot of time digging into nerdy...
2018-02-13
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Obsessing over query operator costs
A common problem when looking at execution plans is attributing too much meaning and value of the costs of operators. The percentages shown for operators in query plans are...
2018-02-13
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 88 – Pulse Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Pulse Chart Custom Visual. The Pulse Chart can easily display...
2018-02-13 (first published: 2018-01-31)
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Power BI Screen Reader Accessibility
I recently wrote a post on the BlueGranite blog called Improving Screen Reader Accessibility in Power BI Reports. It contains...
2018-02-13 (first published: 2018-02-06)
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T-SQL Tuesday #99 - Dealer's Choice / sqlibrium
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday from Aaron Bertrand gives us a choice:
Life beyond the technical in a search for what Drew with the Burdensome Name calls #sqlibrium Your own T-SQL...
2018-02-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #99 – Door #1
This months T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Aaron Bertrand and the topic is Dealer’s Choice. Aaron gives us the choice...
2018-02-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #99 – Door #2
This months T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Aaron Bertrand and the topic is Dealer’s Choice. Aaron gives us the choice...
2018-02-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #99 – What’s Behind Door #1
It’s hard to believe that we have reached T-SQL Tuesday #99 already. This month’s host is Aaron Bertrand (blog|@AaronBertrand), and...
2018-02-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #99 : Getting Decked Out in Rubber and Lycra, My Non-techy Passion #TSQL2sday
So this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation comes from Aaron Bertrand. It’s a non-technical post this month as he asks us...
2018-02-13
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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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