Find SQL Database Owner with T-SQL
One thing that on occasion bugs me about PDW or APS or whatever it happens to be called this week...
2014-05-08 (first published: 2014-04-29)
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Bradley Schacht
Webinar Q&A: Getting Started With Analysis Services
I recently presented a free webinar for Pragmatic Works Free Training on the T’s about Getting Started With Analysis Services....
2014-03-21
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SharePoint 2013 – Failed to install the product: D:\global\oserver.msi ErrorCode: 1603(0x643)
I often do my SharePoint setups on virtual machines since I need to build them up and tear them down...
2014-03-04
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Webinar Q&A: New BI Features in SharePoint 2013
I recently presented a free webinar for Pragmatic Works Free Training on the T’s about new Business Intelligence features in...
2014-02-28
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A New Year is Right Around the Corner
If you read my 2013 Year In Review you may be here today wondering why I haven’t posted anything despite...
2013-12-30
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Presentation Update: New BI Features in SharePoint 2013
It’s time for another free webinar!!
Whether you like it or not SharePoint is here to stay! With every release of...
2013-12-06
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Presentation Update: Change Data Capture (CDC) Made Easy With SSIS 2012
Come get your learn on with Pragmatic Works and myself! In January I’ll be dropping some knowledge about change data...
2013-12-05
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Year In Review: 2013
Ok, so it’s not quite the end of the year yet. I figured I would get a head start on...
2013-12-04
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Webinar Q&A: Practical SSAS: Getting Started with Analysis Services
A couple of weeks ago I did two webinars for the Pragmatic Works Free Training on The T’s. The first...
2013-12-03
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Webinar Q&A: SSIS Design Patterns for Loading a Data Warehouse
I’m not going to sugar coat it. I’ve been a bit of a slacker lately. Unfortunately I didn’t get the...
2013-12-03
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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