One Step Closer to Switching
I liked Android, I really did, and I thought my G1 was the best phone I’d had to date when...
2010-05-18
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Blog Posts
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 1
Getting Started With PowerShell Variables
Yesterday we laid the ground work for PowerShell Week. Today we will learn about Variables in PowerShell. You will...
2010-05-18
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Report Builder 3.0 - Using Report Parts
Report Builder 3.0 offers many new features to its users. One of the best features, in my opinion, is the...
2010-05-18
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Rules to Live By: Be Worthy of Trust
I struggled with the title for this one. One of the thoughts I had was that I believe in being...
2010-05-18
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SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 1 (Build 1702) Released
I also just discovered that Microsoft releasedSQL Server 2008 R2 RTM CU1 yesterday. It is Build 1702, and it contains...
2010-05-18
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SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 8 Released
Microsoft has releasedSQL Server 2008 SP1 CU8 (Build 2775). There is no corresponding CU for the RTM branch of SQL...
2010-05-18
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SQL Server Master Class – London June 17th
The top things YOU need to know about managing SQL Server – in one place, on one day – presented by two...
2010-05-18
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Will People Use This?
The cost of making a trip differently in the US, in terms of time, effort, and driving habits, is small....
2010-05-18
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5 Features SQL Server Doesn’t Need
Paul Randal (@PaulRandal) started this chain of blog posts with his post, What 5 Things Should SQL Server Get Rid...
2010-05-17
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 8
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-05-17
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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...
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Question of the Day
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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