Deprecated Features in the SQL Server 2012 Database Engine
As you might know, Microsoft has released on March 7 the RTM version of SQL Server
2012. If you are an...
2012-03-09
4,512 reads
Klaus Aschenbrenner
New upcoming events across Europe
I'm very happy today to announce 4 new upcoming SQL Server workshops across Europe
within the next months:
SQL Server Configuration...
2012-03-04
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Statistics Enhancements in SQL Server 2012
Today I want to talk about Statistics Enhancements in SQL Server 2012. As you already
know SQL Server uses Statistic Objects...
2012-02-29
4,369 reads
My upcoming speaking engagements
In the last weeks it was very silent on my weblog, but life is pretty fast in 2012.
Currently I'm preparing...
2012-02-08
570 reads
The Blocked Process Report
A few days ago, one of my customers asked if there is a possibility to get a notification
from SQL Server...
2011-12-01
5,590 reads
Running a TPC-C workload on SQL Server
I have a lot of customers with some impressive SQL Server workloads, those databases
are several hundred GB large, with several...
2011-11-23
7,940 reads
My new event series across Europe: SQL Server 2012 Deep Dive Days
I'm very proud to announce today that I'm running next year
a new event series across Europe: the SQL Server 2012...
2011-11-17
831 reads
Why SQL Server is using so LESS memory
Today I want to talk about a phenomenon regarding memory management in SQL Server.
A few weeks ago I had a...
2011-11-04
7,199 reads
Correction of my unfair and incorrect words against SQLWorkshops.com
On October 18, 2011 I have made unfair and incorrect words on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn,
and Xing against the owners of...
2011-11-02
769 reads
Troubleshooting THREADPOOL Waits
Today I want to talk about a specified wait type that can be sometimes very hard to
troubleshoot: the THREADPOOL wait...
2011-10-25
12,577 reads
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Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
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The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers