Stepping Stone Cert
A few of us have been deliberating and discussing the need for a bridge certification between the MCITP and MCM...
2010-03-30
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SQL RNNR
FizzBuzz Revisited
I had bigger plans for this series than what has transpired. I think that is a testament as to how...
2010-03-30
1,943 reads
Certification
There seems to be quite a flurry of talk these days about certification. There is evidence of it in the...
2010-03-26
1,265 reads
Security Audit
Of late I have seen a lot of questions on how to audit the logins and users on each SQL...
2010-03-19
1,778 reads
Another Presentation Down
This evening I had the opportunity to once again give a presentation at our local SQL Uses Group (SSSOLV). I...
2010-03-12
622 reads
Log Growing Pains Article
I Just had an article published at SQLServercentral on troubleshooting the cause of log growths. At the conclusion of that...
2010-03-11
474 reads
IO IO IO
Once again it is that time. It is TSQL Tuesday. This time it is being hosted by Mike Walsh. Mike...
2010-03-09
1,357 reads
Worst Thing to Do to your DBA
Recently Andy Warren Blogged about things that could drive your DBA mad. There was a lot of feedback on SQLServerCentral...
2010-03-05
756 reads
Index your FK
A few months ago I read an article from SQLServerCentral.com about some Foreign Key gotchas. Since that article, I have seen...
2010-03-05
865 reads
DBA MD
I just had the opportunity to spend some time with my four year old son at the doctor’s office. It...
2010-02-25
602 reads
Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
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Tame Those Strings (Series)
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SSRS shared dataset parameters not showing in expression builder
I am creating shared datasets that our executive staff can use for creating reports...
SSRS shared dataset parameters not showing in expression builder
I am creating shared datasets that our executive staff can use for creating reports...
Question of the Day
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