Popcorn Networking
A bit of a silly title, but an interesting story. A few weeks back I posted a note about attending...
2010-07-21
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2008 R2 for the DBA Webcast
Tomorrow at 11:00 AM EST I will be giving a talk on SQL Server 2008 R2 for the DBA. Here...
2010-07-21
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SQL University: Introduction to Indexes, Part the Second
Welcome once more to the Miskatonic branch of SQL University. Please try to concentrate. I realize the whipoorwills singing outside...
2010-07-21
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The Sequence Table - Inline Assignment and Update
One thing I learned years ago in C programming was the elegance of using operators and simplifying expressions. This sometimes...
2010-07-21
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Webcast Next Week – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASSDatabase Administration Virtual Chapter next week. It’ll be on July 28 at 12 PM...
2010-07-21
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Free SQL Server DMV Starter Pack
The SQL Server DMV Starter Pack is a free eBook (84 pages) that describes 28 different ways that DMVs can...
2010-07-20
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Hi, my name is SA
Hi! I’m SA! I’ll be your mentor during your stay at Innitrode! Actually, I’m everyone’s mentor here…anytime someone needs some...
2010-07-20
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Introducing Speakers
I saw this post (please do read it) about introducing speakers and it reminded me that I wanted to write...
2010-07-20
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JULY 31: SQL Saturday 40
SQL Saturday #40 is quickly approaching and many are gearing up for the trip down there to hear some awesome...
2010-07-20
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July OPASS Meeting Wrap up
Last Tuesday, July 13th, we had our monthly OPASS meeting. The meeting was sponsored by RedGate who were kind enough...
2010-07-20
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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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