What is a data warehouse and why do I need one?
While the data warehouse isn’t a new concept, many are left wondering – what is a data warehouse? And why do I need one? I’m sad to tell you...
2014-11-03
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Marc Beacom
PASS SQL Saturday Events: November 2014
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2014-10-15
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2014-09-15
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PASS Virtual Chapter Events: September & October 2014
PASS Virtual Chapter Events: September 2014
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2014-09-11
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PASS Virtual Chapter Events: August 2014
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2014-08-15
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PASS SQL Saturday Events: September 2014
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2014-08-15
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PASS SQL Saturday Events: August 2014
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2014-07-15
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Will you be attending Mile High Tech Con?
Technical conferences have always been a great venue for networking and increasing my knowledge base. Mile High Tech Con will...
2014-07-09
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PASS SQLSaturday Events: July 2014
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2014-06-15
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2014-06-10
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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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