Error: No mapping between account names and security IDs was done
I recently decided to move over to Windows 8 so I can take advantage of Hyper-V and get off a...
2012-09-04
11,076 reads
Bradley Schacht
The INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR command line value is not valid.
I was recently making some changes to my laptop setup and installing SQL Server 2008R2 and SQL Server 2012 directly...
2012-08-28
1,542 reads
Internal error: Invalid enumeration value. Please call customer support! is not a valid value for this element.
If you have done a lot of work with SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) you may have seen this message:
We’ve...
2012-08-21
1,167 reads
Modify Host File on Windows 7
Modifying the Windows host file can be a great way to ensure that you don’t accidentally modify production while doing...
2012-08-14
1,156 reads
View Flat File Contents Using PowerShell
We have all been there; you need to take a look at the data inside a file. Sure you can...
2012-08-07
1,777 reads
Exporting Data Using BCP
BCP, or bulk copy program, has been around in SQL Server for a long time. It is a great way...
2012-08-03 (first published: 2012-07-31)
9,915 reads
Color Expressions in SSAS Calculations
Color expressions in SSAS allow you to build an MDX expression to control the color of text displayed in a...
2012-07-27
1,673 reads
Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 Beta
If you follow anything outside the regular SQL Server world coming from Microsoft it should be Office and more importantly...
2012-07-17
1,336 reads
PowerPivot for Excel 2013
The preview for Office 2013 is live!! You can hop over to the Microsoft website and grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en/try-office-preview. Naturally...
2012-07-17
5,286 reads
PowerPivot for Excel Now 2012 Only
I’m not exactly sure when this happened, but it looks like Microsoft has moved past the PowerPivot 2008R2 and PowerPivot...
2012-07-17
859 reads
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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