Choosing Content for the Summit
This is a series of posts on the PASS Summit and SQL Saturdays. I’m outlining some thoughts here, sometimes for...
2016-07-15 (first published: 2016-07-05)
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Blog Posts
GIT Learning Resources
I’ve spent most of my career using VSS and TFS, mainly because that’s what was being used. Better any source...
2016-07-15
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Introduction to Power BI Desktop – Recording Now Available
Thank you to everyone that attended this past Tuesday’s webinar hosted by Pragmatic Works called Introduction to Power BI Desktop....
2016-07-15
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Resolving PolyBase Installation Errors in SQL Server 2016
One of the exciting new features you may want to explore in SQL Server 2016 is PolyBase. However, as I...
2016-07-15
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Script to create demo database and load data for statistics and R
Make sure you have a working install of SQL Server 2016. The size of the database is only 8 MB.
USE...
2016-07-15
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Speaking at SQLSaturday Sacramento!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Sacramento on July 23th 2016! This will be my...
2016-07-15
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Speaking at SQLSaturday Sacramento!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Sacramento on July 23th 2016! This will be my third SQLSaturday event this year and I’m really excited...
2016-07-15
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SQL vs NoSQL
Introduction
Despite the traditional relational DB world, there’s also a trend for NoSQL. The NoSQL databases that enable storing unstructured and...
2016-07-15
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SQLServerZest is now DataGinger!
We are happy to announce the birth of DataGinger. Starting today we officially re-branded ourselves as DataGinger.com (previously SQLServerZest.com). The...
2016-07-15
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TGI Friday (Live Blog Day 4)
Its been long but productive week at Tree Tech
This week I’m teaching Learning Tree’s course 2108 SQL Server Database Administration in the...
2016-07-15
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Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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...
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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