DBCC CloneDatabase for SQL Server 2012
Dear All,In case you are wondering, title of the post is not a typo 🙂 DBCC CloneDatabase is going to be available for SQL Server 2012 :)For folks who...
2017-09-03
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DBCC CloneDatabase for SQL Server 2012
Dear All,
In case you are wondering, title of the post is not a typo 🙂 DBCC CloneDatabase is going to be...
2017-09-03
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Data Channel Interview - 08 - Leila Etaati on Machine Learning using Microsoft BI
Dear All, Very happy to share the 8th interview of #DataChannel. Dr. Leila Etaati MVP, MCT from New Zealand discusses Machine Learning using Microsoft Business Intelligence tools in...
2017-08-28
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Data Channel Interview - 08 - Leila Etaati on Machine Learning using Microsoft BI
Dear All, Very happy to share the 8th interview of #DataChannel. Dr. Leila Etaati MVP, MCT from New Zealand discusses Machine Learning using Microsoft Business Intelligence tools in...
2017-08-28
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Data Channel Interview - 08 - Leila Etaati on Machine Learning using Microsoft BI
Dear All,
Very happy to share the 8th interview of #DataChannel. Dr. Leila Etaati MVP, MCT from New Zealand discusses...
2017-09-11 (first published: 2017-08-28)
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SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary - Failover - Part 3
Continuing on the series on SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary, this post will explore the task of failing over to secondary.
Fairly straightforward task, just one needs to take...
2017-06-09
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SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary - Failover - Part 3
Continuing on the series on SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary, this post will explore the task of failing over to secondary.
Fairly straightforward task, just one needs to take...
2017-06-09
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SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary - Failover - Part 3
Continuing on the series on SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary, this post will explore the task of failing over to...
2017-06-09
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SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary - How to connect? - Part 2
As a continuation of "SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary" series started earlier, this post will cover how to connect to a azure SQL Database primary and secondary after...
2017-05-27
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SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary - How to connect? - Part 2
As a continuation of "SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary" series started earlier, this post will cover how to connect to a azure SQL Database primary and secondary after...
2017-05-27
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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