Monday Morning SQL Break – September 19, 2016
It’s Monday and time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up. It’s been a few weeks since the last recap,...
2016-09-19
947 reads
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Monday Morning SQL Break – September 19, 2016
It’s Monday and time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up. It’s been a few weeks since the last recap, apparently vacation a month and a half ago slowed...
2016-09-19
13 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Part 7
More of the same with the next Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server book giveaway. So far, I’ve sent out six copies of...
2016-08-01
806 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Part 7
More of the same with the next Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server book giveaway. So far, I’ve sent out six copies of the book based on comments from the past six (1, 2,...
2016-08-01
13 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – August 1, 2016
It’s Monday and time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me...
2016-08-01
876 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – August 1, 2016
It’s Monday and time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL). This is a good chance to...
2016-08-01
7 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – July 18, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me on...
2016-07-18
810 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – July 18, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL). This is a good chance to catch...
2016-07-18
6 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 6 (Index Myths)
And now for something not so different with week 6 of the Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server book giveaway. So far, I’ve...
2016-07-14
835 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 6 (Index Myths)
And now for something not so different with week 6 of the Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server book giveaway. So far, I’ve sent out five copies of the book based on comments from...
2016-07-14
9 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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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