Preparing for SQL Server 2005 Certification
I never did complete my MCDBA. As I was preparing to, I transitioned to my systems architect role, meaning I...
2008-02-05
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Blog Posts
New SQL Server book on Disaster Recovery
James Luetkehoelter has announced his book on SQL Server Disaster Recovery is complete. It is published by aPress and due...
2008-02-04
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Notes on the South Florida Code Camp
I attended the South Florida Code Camp this past Saturday and it turned out to be quite an event. More...
2008-02-04
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What's wrong with Linq to SQL
There's a lot of buzz in the development community about LINQ in general, and for those that do data access...
2008-02-04
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Windows Server 2008 RTMs
This is a small surprise, mainly because it looked like only Visual Studio 2008 was actually going to make the...
2008-02-04
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Ask for SQL Server 2005 SP3
In case you haven't seen this elsewhere, if you want Microsoft to release SP3 for SQL Server 2005. It's time...
2008-02-03
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SQL Server MVP Randy Dyess webcast on SQL Server 2008 Security
SQL Server MVP Randy Dyess has a short webcast which provides the highlights of SQL Server 2008 security.He includes some...
2008-02-03
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SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard on .NET Rocks!
SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard is on the latest edition of .NET Rocks! If you're not familiar with .NET Rocks!,...
2008-02-01
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The Importance of Verifying Database Backups Regularly
Yesterday, as I was pulling into my driveway, my front left tire gave. Thankfully, I was going really slow and...
2008-01-31
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A Long Overdue Database Security Rant
I've been dealing with a security product from a security company in recent days that breaks best practices with respect...
2008-01-30
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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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