TechUpdate Kosova (13th May 2009)
Yesterday, in Prishtina - capital city of Kosova, has been held the TechUpdate Seminar 2009 from Microsoft, organized from the Microsoft...
2009-05-14
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Blog Posts
Book Review: What Got You Here Won't Get You There
I've been reading What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith over the past couple months, and...
2009-05-13
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Database Mirroring FAQ: What mechanism allows SQL Server 2008 to commit transactions on the mirror faster than SQL Server 2005?
Question: What mechanism allows SQL Server 2008 to commit transactions on the mirror faster than SQL Server 2005?
This question was...
2009-05-13
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Loading up on MVP Goodies
Not MVP logo items, as I’m not sure if I really want to wear those. I was somewhat uncomfortable last...
2009-05-13
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Notes from the May 12, 2009 oPASS Meeting
Our most recent meeting was May 12, 2009, and we had 23 attendees. We started off the evening with news...
2009-05-13
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The Windows 7 RC Download Issue
A better explanation from the SQLCAT team in this blog entry. I’d still like to see more, but this makes...
2009-05-13
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To Date or Not To Date….
OK….so I’m in the middle of a very interesting Effective Dating project…basically we’re dealing with some tables that only store...
2009-05-13
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Windows 7 and the Hokey Pokey
I was watching the TechEd 2009 keynote the other day and there was a lot of time spent on Windows...
2009-05-13
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Miscellaneous Networking Thoughts
I'm still learning and experimenting on the networking side, thought I'd share a few things I've seen or tried lately....
2009-05-12
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PASS Update #10
It's been a slower pace since the last update. Grant and I are working on the publication process for content...
2009-05-12
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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...
Forums
Database backup job steps
I have a SQL Agent job for backing up a set of Analysis Services...
SQL Server 2025 Backup Compression Algorithm
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The Large Encoded Value
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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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