Upcoming speaking engagements
Ayyyy, matey being that today is the International Speak Like a Pirate Day I thought it was appropriate to post some future...
2012-09-19
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John Sterrett
#TSQL2Day – A Day in the Life of A Service DBA
Today I am excited to join in with my #sqlfamily and participate in this months #tsql2day throw down. This month Erin...
2012-07-18
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Stress Testing Stored Procedures with Free Tools
I currently have a presentation named Performance Tuning for Pirates. This presentation goes over using several free tools to help...
2012-07-12
1,389 reads
First SQL Server UG Meeting in Harrisburg, PA
If you work with SQL Server and live in the Harrisburg area I have some great news for you. The...
2012-07-09
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Free Training: Performance Tuning with Free Tools!
This week I have two presentations on my schedule. I get to give my Performance Tuning for Pirates presentation twice...
2012-06-28
1,387 reads
Getting Inspired with SQL Someday
Recently, I caught my during a kickoff with a new client saying, “Hello I am John, and I love SQL....
2012-05-10
498 reads
Let’s Meetup [Updated]!
I have a confession to make. I like to meet people who also work with SQL Server. There are so...
2012-04-17
685 reads
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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