PASS, anyone?
In less than two days I'll be in Seattle for my 6th PASS Summit. I am trying to put all the...
2008-11-14
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Blog Posts
Find the TCP port used by a named instance
We know for SQL Server default instance, if TCP/IP protocol is used, the default TCP port number is always 1433....
2008-11-13
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Google Blogs & Images
I'm using a Goggle blog for another project and overall it works fine, no complaints. I've also switched to using...
2008-11-13
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Not Going to the PASS Summit
I've been asked by a few folks whether or not I'm going to the PASS Summit. The answer is I'm...
2008-11-13
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Last Minute Prep
Next week is the PASS Summit for 2008 in Seattle and I'm trying to close down the work I need...
2008-11-12
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Latest Orlando User Group Meeting & Assorted Attendees
We had our meeting on November 11, 2008, with 27 people attending. Our featured speaker was Jessica Moss, SQL MVP...
2008-11-12
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Redoing Work
I hate redoing work. I really try to make sure that I pay attention to what I'm doing, slow down...
2008-11-12
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SQLSaturday #6 - Canceled
Just heard back from Allen White, due to his schedule and minimal success creating a true team effort plans for...
2008-11-12
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SQL Quiz - Mistakes You've Made?
I'd seen Jason Massie's post on Facebook of this SQL Quiz, but when I found Brian Kelley's post, I decided...
2008-11-11
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Two Mistakes
I don't typically do Internet chain mail, but Brian Kelley mentioned me in his post on his two mistakes and...
2008-11-11
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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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SQL Server 2025 Backup Compression Algorithm
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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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