T-SQL Tuesday #120 – What were you thinking? – Invitation
In this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I want to know about things that you have seen someone do in SQL Server that has left you wonder "What were you thinking?"
The...
2019-11-05
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
T-SQL Tuesday #120 – What were you thinking? – Invitation
In this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I want to know about things that you have seen someone do in SQL Server that has left you wonder "What were you thinking?"
The...
2019-11-05
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TSQL Tuesday #116 – SQL Server on Linux
You can now run SQL Server on Linux. With it being easy to install / update, and running exactly the same as in Windows, it is my choice for...
2019-07-13
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TSQL Tuesday #116 – SQL Server on Linux
You can now run SQL Server on Linux. With it being easy to install / update, and running exactly the same as in Windows, it is my choice for...
2019-07-13
10 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #115 – Notes to 20 year old Wayne
There’s a lot that goes on in June. From the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Fathers Day, to the official start of summer (though it feels like it already!)....
2019-06-28 (first published: 2019-06-11)
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T-SQL Tuesday #115 – Notes to 20 year old Wayne
There’s a lot that goes on in June. From the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Fathers Day, to the official start of summer (though it feels like it already!)....
2019-06-11
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Working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes – revamped!
In the Richmond, VA area, I am the organizer for our SQL Saturdays. Among other jobs that this entails, this also means that I am working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes....
2019-05-21
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Working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes – revamped!
In the Richmond, VA area, I am the organizer for our SQL Saturdays. Among other jobs that this entails, this also means that I am working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes....
2019-05-21
6 reads
Working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes – revamped!
In the Richmond, VA area, I am the organizer for our SQL Saturdays. Among other jobs that this entails, this also means that I am working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes....
2019-05-21
6 reads
Scalar UDF Inlining in SQL Server 2019 – Simpler functions
I recently published a post detailing the new Scalar UDF Inlining feature in SQL 2019 here. That post introduced the...
2019-03-26 (first published: 2019-03-11)
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Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers