T-SQL HOST_ID and HOST_NAME
HOST_ID and HOST_NAME
Included in T-SQL for SQL Server is a functions that returns the workstation information that executes a SQL...
2015-04-20
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Business Intelligence and Enterprise Architecture
SQL Server 2014 Deprecated Features
SQL Server 2014 Deprecated Features – Database Engine
Everyone looks at the new features when trying to determine when to upgrade from...
2015-03-19
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SQL Saturday #408 Houston – June 13th 2015
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2015-03-13
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Azure Data Factory
What is the Azure Data Factory?
The Azure Data Factory is a managed service for data storage and processing. It allows...
2015-03-10
1,395 reads
T-SQL EXCEPT and INTERSECT
T-SQL EXCEPT and INTERSECT
Both T-SQL EXCEPT and INTERSECT are set based operators that combine multiple query results back in the same...
2015-03-03 (first published: 2015-02-23)
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T-SQL UNION Set Operator
T-SQL UNION
Set operators allow you to combine data from two or more queries and return the results in a single...
2015-02-13 (first published: 2015-02-04)
8,665 reads
SSRS Farm to Scale-Out Performance
SSRS Farm Overview
Building a SSRS farm will require Enterprise or Business Intelligence editions of SQL Server for versions 2012 and...
2015-01-26
1,360 reads
T-SQL Random Numbers using RAND() for Test Data
T-SQL Random Numbers using RAND()
SQL Server includes the T-SQL RAND() function to create a random value between 0 and 1...
2015-01-12
1,385 reads
T-SQL COALESCE Example
T-SQL COALESCE
SQL Server T-SQL coalesce simplifies the use of a case statement to find the first non-null value of your...
2014-12-30 (first published: 2014-12-26)
9,002 reads
ROW_NUMBER SQL Server
Row_Number SQL Server
SQL Server includes several Ranking Functions that can be called in T-SQL. One of these is the Row_Number()...
2014-12-22 (first published: 2014-12-16)
8,849 reads
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The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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