Monday Morning SQL Break – June 13, 2016
Usually on my Monday posts, I include a pretty bland cookie cutter header. Nothing to extravagant, just an introduction. It’s...
2016-06-13
759 reads
StrateSQL
How To Get A Free SQL Server Indexing Book – Week 2
Free Book!
Another free indexing books, more awesome!
In last week’s post, I talked about how I’ve got a number of copies...
2016-06-10
930 reads
How To Get A Free SQL Server Indexing Book – Week 2
Free Book! Another free indexing books, more awesome! In last week’s post, I talked about how I’ve got a number of copies of Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server;...
2016-06-10
3 reads
Book Review: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Harari, made it on my reading list after hearing about Mark Zuckerberg’s...
2016-06-08
823 reads
Book Review: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Harari, made it on my reading list after hearing about Mark Zuckerberg’s list of books everyone should read. And since then,...
2016-06-08
5 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – June 6, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s Monday Morning SQL Break. A chance to catch up on links I’ve shared and...
2016-06-06
416 reads
How To Get A Free SQL Server Indexing Book – Week 1
Free indexing books, awesome!
Before I tell you how, lets start with what we are talking about here. If you weren’t...
2016-06-03
474 reads
How To Get A Free SQL Server Indexing Book – Week 1
Free indexing books, awesome! Before I tell you how, lets start with what we are talking about here. If you weren’t aware, last summer I worked with Grant Fritchey...
2016-06-03
5 reads
Why Do I Write? And Should I Continue?
It’s been about six months now since my career to a sharp right turn. At the request of my kids,...
2016-06-02
372 reads
Why Do I Write? And Should I Continue?
It’s been about six months now since my career to a sharp right turn. At the request of my kids, I left a decade of consulting for a role...
2016-06-02
3 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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Delta Lake: The Definitive Guide: Modern Data Lakehouse Architectures with Data Lakes
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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