Networking – A Year Later
I was excited to attend the networking session last year at the PASS Summit. Andy Warren and I had talked...
2010-06-15
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Blog Posts
oPASS Meeting Tonight June 15, 2010 – Featuring Kendal Van Dyke
We’re meeting from 6-8 pm as usual, with Kendal Van Dyke presenting Paging Dr Availability, You’re Wanted In the Recovery...
2010-06-15
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Report Render Duration
Every once in a while I come across a scenario where I really want to know how long it took...
2010-06-15
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Sarasota SQL Server Users Group
Tonight I’m presenting for the Sarasota SQL Server Users Group. If you’re interested in attending, you can join in using...
2010-06-15
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SQL Server XML Schemas
Ever been curious about the schema of , say an SSRS rdl file ? How about the execution plan ?
Not only should...
2010-06-15
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Teaching ICT 4462 – Transact SQL Programming at Denver University, University College
I will be teaching a special five week version of ICT 4462 – Transact SQL Programming at Denver University, University College...
2010-06-15
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The Value of an Artist
A short while ago someone complained that some of the headlines on SSC were deceiving in terms of what they...
2010-06-15
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Virtualizing Servers in Production
The company where I work has been using virtualization in development, QA, testing, etc., for many years now. We have...
2010-06-15
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 22
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-14
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Jacksonville Code Camp Call for Speakers
Bayer White has announced the call for speakers for the 2010 Jacksonville Code Camp to be held August 28, 2010...
2010-06-14
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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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