Understanding the concept of SQL Server Failover Cluster
Before getting hands on experience in SQL server on failover cluster , I used to read many article about failover clustering. Unfortunately...
2012-03-14
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Memory configuration in SQL server and break up of memory utilized by SQL server
In this post I would like to explain memory configuration option and memory utilization pattern in SQL server.I have seen...
2012-03-11
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How to log off remote desktop users from a remote machine ?
When you try to log on to a remote server on emergency to perform some task , it may throw an...
2012-03-06
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Resource Governor Configuration
Resource Governor(RG) is a technology which introduced in SQL server 2008 to manage the CPU and Memory resource that a incoming session can...
2012-03-04
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How to setup a task to delete the old backup files or log files from the server ?
Cleaning up the servers disks on daily basis is very important task for smooth functioning of servers.We have seen many...
2012-02-27
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How to remove new line character from string using SQL ?
In a varchar column some of the entries were showing space in the left side and even after using the...
2012-02-26
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SQL Server 2025 CU1 Fixes the Docker Desktop AVX Issue on macOS
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The Decoded Value
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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