Looking Back: 2016 was Awesome!
With 2017 starting this week I would like to take a moment and reflect on 2016. I have to admit...
2017-01-05
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John Sterrett
Looking Back: 2016 was Awesome!
With 2017 starting this week I would like to take a moment and reflect on 2016. I have to admit that 2016 was a great year for many different...
2017-01-05
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Three Reasons Why I Am Attending PASS Member Summit 2016
Three reasons why I am attending PASS Member Summit in 2016
Over the past few weeks, I saw on social media...
2016-10-26
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Benchmark Azure SQL Database Wait Stats
Today, I want to focus on how we can monitor wait statistics in an Azure SQL Database. In the past,...
2016-08-30
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Calculating DTU in Azure SQL Database
A few months ago, I posted a question over on ask.sqlservercentral.com. In a nutshell, it was how do you measure...
2016-09-06 (first published: 2016-08-24)
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Azure SQL Database Live Migrations
Unfortunately, with Azure SQL Database you are not able to take an existing SQL Server Backup and restore it on...
2016-08-01 (first published: 2016-07-26)
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I am a Microsoft Data Platform MVP
My First Microsoft SQL Server MVP Award
Today, I have achieved an SQL Someday moment. I am excited to share some exciting...
2016-07-01
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Automatic Seeding Very Large Databases in SQL Server 2016
There are a lot of new features in SQL Server 2016. Availability Groups by itself got a lot of new...
2016-07-12 (first published: 2016-06-29)
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Automating Azure Resource Management Authentication
I love Azure and I love PowerShell. They are a perfect marriage. It’s amazing how much automation you can do...
2016-06-23
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3 Reasons to Attend SQL Saturday Austin on Jan 30th
The Austin SQL Server User Group will host its third SQL Saturday on Saturday,
SQL Saturday Austin on January 30th, 2016
January...
2016-01-12
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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SQL Server 2025 Backup Compression Algorithm
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The Large Encoded Value
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Question of the Day
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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