Slides & samples from my DevConnections sessions
As announced in both of my SQL Server sessions at DevConnections in Karlsruhe/Germany
you can find here the slides & samples for...
2011-06-10
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Klaus Aschenbrenner
My advanced SQL Server Performance Troubleshooting workshop goes to the international level!
I’m working my whole professional work life (around 11 years) with SQL Server, and
have see so many pitfalls in configuration...
2011-05-24
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SQLbits recap
It’s already a long time ago, since I spoke at SQLbits (first week of April), but
yesterday the speakers got their...
2011-05-17
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Please vote for my SQLPASS precon and sessions
A few days ago, SQLPASS opened the voting for the precon’s and sessions for the annual
SQLPASS community summit. I’ve also...
2011-05-12
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RCSI/SI doesn't work with rows larger than 8046 bytes
During this week I have prepared a workshop about Locking & Blocking for one of
my customers. One big part of this...
2011-05-06
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Slides & Samples for my SQLbits session
As announced in both of my sessions, you can download the slides & samples for
my SQLbits sessions here:
Message
in a Bottle: Service...
2011-04-11
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Einladung zum SQL Server Performance Tuning und Troubleshooting Workshop, 24. Mai 2011 in Wien
Sind Sie schon mal in das folgende Problem-Szenario gelaufen, und mussten Ihren wohlverdienten
Feierabend und die Vorfreude auf das Wochenende opfern:...
2011-03-20
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VSone session material
As I have announced in both of my sessions at the VSone conference in Munich, you
can find the session material...
2011-02-17
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DWH Workshop material
As announced in my DWH workshop in Munich, you can find here my
whole ETL solution. Thanks for attending my workshop...
2011-02-15
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How SQL Server stores indexes on variable length columns
In the last months I had done a lot of performance tuning workshops, and there is
almost the same question: How...
2011-01-10
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Blogs
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
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One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
SQL Server 2025 CU1 Fixes the Docker Desktop AVX Issue on macOS
Microsoft fixed the AVX instruction issue in SQL Server 2025 CU1. The container now...
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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