Veterans' Day
I'll post Part III of Becoming a DBA tomorrow (meaning there will be two posts). Veterans' Day is typically celebrated...
2007-11-12
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Blog Posts
Resources: SQL Server 2005 Security
Work responsibilities took up my time on Thursday and Friday, so I never got around to posting. Here's the resources...
2007-11-11
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save disk when doing backup
As a DBA, most of us will also take care of test environment. However test servers usually cannot afford to...
2007-11-11
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bcp Utility
There was a time that I avoided bcp utility like the plague. A few years ago, we needed to set...
2007-11-09
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Celko on SQL Seminar Orlando - It's Time!
We (End to End Training) will be hosting our Celko on SQL seminar tomorrow (Nov 9th). It's not too late...
2007-11-07
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Does User Voting for Best Products Work?
I happened to get an email asking me to vote for a product that was being featured in one of...
2007-11-07
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Tools: Apex SQL Log, Apex SQL Log API, Sample Corrupted Databases
Apex SQL has announced a new version of Apex SQL Log as well as an API for it.
Release Notes...
2007-11-07
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SQL Server: Showing permissions for a given database user
Building upon my post from last Tuesday, if you know all the roles for a given user, you'll probably want...
2007-11-06
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Becoming a DBA, Part II
This is a follow-up to part I from last week. You've considered what you want to do, you've looked at...
2007-11-05
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Replicate Stored Procedure Execution Published on SSC
Most people 'set it and forget it' when it comes to replication, not realizing that changes to rows on the...
2007-11-05
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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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