Last Weeks Reading (2019-05-26)
It was tremendously extensive week for me (a week ago) when I spent time between two conferences: SQLDay (Wroclaw, Poland) and SQL Saturday #857 (Kiev, Ukraine). I’ve been helping...
2019-05-26
12 reads
Azure Player Blog
Last Week Reading (2019-05-12)
Hello folks! One week passed, another one almost began. And that will be a crazy week on two conferences. Today, I’m in Wroclaw (Poland) where we’re prepping SQLDay conference...
2019-05-13
18 reads
ASF 021: Guy in a Cube interview (part 1)
Introduction Guy in a Cube is all about helping you master business analytics on the Microsoft Business analytics stack to allow you to drive business growth. They are just...
2019-04-26
51 reads
ASF 021 video invitation (Star Wars Theme)
Since now, we will not keep our guests in secret. We want you to be prepared and wait if you’re interested in. First time 2 vs 2 in #AskSQLFamily...
2019-05-01 (first published: 2019-04-19)
199 reads
Last Week Reading (2019-03-24)
OMG! My brain almost blew up. All because of MVP Summit I’ve just returned from. Obviously (due to NDA), I can’t tell you what I’ve seen and found out,...
2019-03-25
4 reads
ASF 020 video invitation
New podcast’s episode is coming (next Friday) and in the meantime, take a look you can watch that episode’s trailer....
2019-03-23
389 reads
Last Week Reading (2019-03-17)
Hi there! I’m in Bellevue, WA today when finishing this post. My first MVP Summit and the second trip to...
2019-03-17
367 reads
Last Week Reading (2019-03-10)
Databricks-Connect – FINALLY! Do write your code in VS Code and run it remotely on Azure Databricks cluster. Automatically validate E-mail...
2019-03-11
300 reads
Tokenization of database project in SSDT
SSDT project has something we call Variables. On the Internet (posts, forums) they also are known as placeholders or tokens,...
2019-03-06
391 reads
Last Week Reading (2019-03-03)
Hey everyone! I was very busy at the SQLBits conference last week, but it did not stop me to prepare...
2019-03-03
307 reads
Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
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If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
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Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers