Presenting at SQL Saturday #111
On Saturday, April 14, 2012, I’ll be presenting “Table Vars and Temp Tables – What you NEED to know!” at SQL...
2012-03-28
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
SQL Server 2012 Performance Test: Truncate a Date/Time to Different Parts
SQL Server 2012 introduces several new date/time functions that allow you to build a date/time from the individual parts of...
2012-03-15
2,954 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades, Master of None?
This month, Argenis Fernandez (blog, @DBArgenis) is hosting our monthly T-SQL Tuesday, and he wants to know: Are you specialized?...
2012-03-13
948 reads
Presenting at SQL Saturday #110
On Saturday, March 10, 2012, I’ll be presenting “Table Vars and Temp Tables – What you NEED to know!” at SQL...
2012-02-28
1,403 reads
Comparing Inline and Multi-Statement Table-Valued Functions
Table-Valued Functions. What a wonderful addition to SQL they make. They take parameters, do some work, and return a result...
2012-02-15
80,887 reads
Presenting at SQL Saturday #96
I’m honored to have been selected to present two sessions at SQL Saturday #96 in our nation’s capital, Washington DC...
2011-11-02
789 reads
Presenting at SQL Saturday #87
On Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 2:45 pm, I’ll be presenting “Table Vars and Temp Tables – What you NEED to...
2011-10-27
700 reads
I’m a winner!
Actually, I only submitted the winning entry; Denali CTP3 SQL Server 2012 is the real winner. After having a blog...
2011-10-26
810 reads
PASS Summit 2011 recap
Recap of my first ever SQL PASS Summit – 2011:
Saturday, Oct 8 – Travel day – I flew from Richmond VA to the...
2011-10-17
1,460 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #23 – Joins
There is something wrong in the SQL force today… here it is the first Tuesday of a month, and we’re...
2011-10-04
795 reads
Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers