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Azure Synapse Case Study

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Our client is working in telecommunications providing secure and reliable networks. They are an independent supplier of mobile, data and voice services in...

2022-06-29 (first published: )

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Ve středu 9.3.2022 jsme se tradičně sešli nad novinkami ze světa dat, datových skladů, Power BI, Azure apod. Jestli jste chyběli (ale příště dorazíte, že? :D), zde je malý...

2022-04-04

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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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