Microsoft SQL Server certification
A few weeks ago I was engaged in a useful discussion about the merits of getting certified on Microsoft SQL...
2007-02-18
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Blog Posts
Daylight Saving Time and SQL Server
If you're in the United States, chances are you've already heard about Daylight Saving Time (DST) occurring 3 weeks early...
2007-02-13
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Midlands PASS Site Online
I have put the Midlands PASS site online temporarily at Truth Solutions. You can reach it here:
http://www.truthsolutions.com/MidlandsPASS/
The slides from Paul...
2007-02-12
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Guest Editorial Week
I've been writing the editorials for over two years now and it's become an almost daily part of my life....
2007-02-11
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Midlands PASS February Meeting Postponed
We are postponing
due to the weather. Training Concepts has shut down for the day due to the wintry
mix....
2007-02-01
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Tools: ApexSQL Edit wins SQL Server Editor's Choice award
I meant to blog on this last month but work has been just a touch short of insane. I like...
2007-01-31
1,502 reads
For those just starting out with SSIS
Having cut my teeth on SQL Server 2000, I had some (but not a lot) of DTS experience. Recently I...
2007-01-30
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Jim Gray Missing
Jim Gray is missing at sea. A sad day for database professionals and Mr. Gray's family. He is reporting missing...
2007-01-30
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Midlands PASS February Meeting
Our next meeting will be on
Thursday, February 1, 2007, at 6:30 PM.
It'll be at the Training Concepts facility once...
2007-01-30
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Why I ended up getting a Zune
I've been looking at getting an MP3 player for a while now because I want to make better use of...
2007-01-27
1,541 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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