SQL Server: Converting binary data to a hexadecimal string
Problem
I have a requirement to convert the binary data inside a table column or variable to a hexadecimal string. Is...
2014-09-11
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Blog Posts
September 2014 Las Vegas UG Meeting
Who is up for a little free learning this week? Besides the opulence and feast that was the 24 Hours...
2014-09-10
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September 2014 Las Vegas UG Meeting
Who is up for a little free learning this week? Besides the opulence and feast that was the 24 Hours of PASS (Summit Preview), we have more training in...
2014-09-10
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VMworld 2014 Wrap Up for Data Professionals
A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to attend VMware’s VMworld 2014 conference in San Francisco, CA. The show...
2014-09-10
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[Off-Topic] Beating Childhood Cancer
Note: I feel this post is important enough to post across all my blogs.
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month here...
2014-09-09
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24 Hours of PASS Preview: Zero to Hero (I'm the Zero)
Hello Dear Reader! We are already away into the 24 Hours of PASS Summit Preview for 2014! I don't know...
2014-09-09
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Analysis Services Partitions
Partitions are a great feature in Analysis Services that allow you to split measure groups in to separate physical files....
2014-09-09 (first published: 2014-09-05)
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 40 (“Compression Algorithms”)
Continuation from the previous 39 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
It’s time to take a look into the algorithms that Microsoft is...
2014-09-09
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It’s All Fundamentals
I’m learning how to speak German. Interestingly enough, you don’t start off reading dissertations. Instead, you begin by learning the...
2014-09-09
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My articles published on SearchSQLServer.com from January 2014 to September 2014
The following is the list of my articles published on SearchSQLServer.com from January 2014 to September 2014. To read these articles, you must be a member of SearchSQLServer.com. Learn...
2014-09-09
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Blogs
Learning from Mistakes: T-SQL Tuesday #194
By Steve Jones
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of...
Stupid Things I Did With AI: ASCII Art
By Steve Jones
I ran across this article recently (https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code) and it has a great opening piece...
Simple Talks Podcasting in 2026
By Steve Jones
I’m in the UK today, having arrived this morning in London. Hopefully, by this...
Forums
Cumulative Update 23 - KB5074819 - Database Mail - No longer working.
Hi there, Has anyone else had any trouble with Database Mail in Cumulative Update...
Script Task execution error with HTTP request
I have a script task that tries to execute a HTTP request, which seems...
SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Edition
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer...
Question of the Day
URL Safe or Not?
If I use BASE4_ENCODE() in SQL Server 2025, is the output URL Safe by default?
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