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SQL Server Analysis Services – SSAS Fundamentals
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SQL Server Data Compression
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2014-01-24
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Gathering Business Intelligence Requirements
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2014-01-18
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SQL Server Filtered Index Performance
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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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