Book Review – SQL Server Internals: In-Memory OLTP – Detailed Notes
Here are my unedited chapter notes:
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Collation – current version requires BIN2 on character index columns. Best to do...
2015-02-24
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Anthony Nocentino Blog
Standard SQL Server Build
Often I’m asked what is the best practice for a single SQL Server installation. Well, that is a tricky questions...
2015-02-11
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Standard SQL Server Build
Often I’m asked what is the best practice for a single SQL Server installation. Well, that is a tricky questions and the answer is it always depends. Let’s discuss...
2015-02-11
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Reflections as a consultant
Let’s just start withthe last three years have been fantastic! This blog post is a slight deviation from the technical...
2015-01-30
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Reflections as a consultant
Let’s just start with the last three years have been fantastic! This blog post is a slight deviation from the technical content on my blog. We’re going to focus...
2015-01-30
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Availability Group Read-only Routing
This morning at a customer site I was researching an issue where Availability Group read-only routing was not working correctly....
2015-01-25
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Availability Group Read-only Routing
This morning at a customer site I was researching an issue where Availability Group read-only routing was not working correctly. Quickly I was able to determine the issue was...
2015-01-25
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Building Debug Symbols – Troubleshooting symbol building
Recently, I have working with the Debugger Symbols for SQL Server to generate call stacks and learn more about the...
2015-01-01
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Building Debug Symbols – Troubleshooting symbol building
Recently,I have been working with the Debugger Symbols for SQL Server to generate call stacks and learn more about the internals of SQL Server. I approached one of...
2015-01-01
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Tracing call stacks in SQL Server – Installing the Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg) on Windows 8.1 and generating debug symbols for SQL Server binaries
Where to get the debugger tools
To generate the needed symbols you will need the “Standalone Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg)” download here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852365
How to...
2015-01-01
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Blogs
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...
SQL Server 2025 CU1 Fixes the Docker Desktop AVX Issue on macOS
Microsoft fixed the AVX instruction issue in SQL Server 2025 CU1. The container now...
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25 Years of SQL Server Central
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The Decoded Value
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Deploying SQL Server Developer Edition in Kubernetes: A Cost-Effective Alternative to RDS
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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