SQL Server 2008 R2 for the DBA Recording and PowerPoint
I recently had the opportunity to do two presentation on SQL Server R2 for the DBA. In the first session...
2010-07-23
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Blog Posts
SQL Source Control Webinar
One of the new products that Red Gate Software has released recently is SQL Source Control. I saw a demo...
2010-07-23
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SQL University: Introduction to Indexes, Part the Third
Nice to see most of you have managed to fight your way through the shoggoths outside to attend another lecture...
2010-07-23
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SQLRally Logo Contest
Kendal posted the announcement yesterday that we opened the design content on 99designs. I’ve used the site before and it’s...
2010-07-23
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Syndication on SQLServerCentral
I have a few people ask about this recently, so I thought I’d blog about it, and maybe get an...
2010-07-23
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The week that was Friday 23 July 2010
Its been a busy week this week. From troubleshooting several production issues to writing some incremental load SSIS scripts, the...
2010-07-23
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.NET speaker Idol, Guess who won?
Last night (July 21, 2010) I had the honor of being a speaker at the Baton Rouge .Net User Group. ...
2010-07-22
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Good Eats at SQLLunch today
Hey folks, Check out SQLLunch.com today at 12:30 EST for my presentation on Introduction to dimensional modeling. It's going to...
2010-07-22
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Local Library Policies
Over the past couple years our local library system has been under financial pressure, resulting in some changes, and maybe...
2010-07-22
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Project Houston For SQL Azure
Microsoft has released CTP1 of Project Houston for SQL Azure. Project Houston is a Silverlight web based database management tool...
2010-07-22
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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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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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