Possible SQLSaturday in Tallahassee on Sep 5, 2009
Steve Lane and team from Tallahassee are hosting their annual Code Camp on Sep 5, 2009, and have asked if...
2009-07-26
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Blog Posts
Building PowerShell GUIs with Primal Forms
Although PowerShell is best suited for console applications there are times when a GUI interface just makes sense, however hand cranking...
2009-07-25
4,083 reads
Attache/Brief Case Review
Steve Jones, through a series of comments, emails, blackmail, back-alley deals & tons of whining, agreed to let me review a...
2009-07-24
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Changing Startup News Feed in Visual Studio
Are you tired of the same old Microsoft news feed when you open Visual Studio (BIDS)? Why not go ahead...
2009-07-24
740 reads
HTTP 404 Not Found with Reporting Services and Windows 7
Here are some steps to fixing an issue I ran into with Window 7 and Reporting Services 2008. The problem...
2009-07-24
16,694 reads
Kindle Update - The iPhone App
I have an iTouch, and I recently downloaded the Kindle app to give it a try after I broke my...
2009-07-24
1,235 reads
Learning some javascript
As part of my work I need to be a “Jack of all trades” meaning I not only need to...
2009-07-24
641 reads
More SQLSaturday Announcements
Stuart Ainsworth is launching SQLSaturday #24 & #25, both in Gainesville, GA on October 9th and 10th respectively, and yes, one...
2009-07-24
638 reads
SQL Server Powershell Extensions PowerGUI PowerPack
If you've been working with Powershell, you most certainly have heard of PowerGUI, for those of you who haven't PowerGUI is...
2009-07-24
1,164 reads
The effects of DISTINCT in a SQL query
Earlier today, I had a great Twitter conversation with Tim Mitchell (@Tim_Mitchell), Jorge Segarra (@SQLChicken), and Jack Corbett (@unclebiguns) about...
2009-07-24
1,944 reads
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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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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