My SQL Server Management Studio Setup
We’re all creatures of habit, and work more efficiently when we know exactly where to find the tools we need....
2017-12-18
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Tim Mitchell
Some Thoughts on Community, Leadership, and Continuous Improvement
The SQL Server community is just awesome. I can’t say that enough. I may sound like a broken record when...
2017-12-17
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The Value of Shortcuts
Decades ago when I was working as a retail clerk, I had a boss named Billy. Billy was a pragmatic...
2017-12-16
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To Learn, Teach
Back before I started doing technical presentations or writing blog posts, I frequently found myself in awe at those who...
2017-12-15
601 reads
Picking The Right Team
Years ago, back before I became a consultant, a job search led me to an interview with a technical company....
2017-12-14
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The Value of Consistent Design
Yesterday I wrote about best practices, illustrating that what may be an assumed technical design standard doesn’t fit every scenario....
2017-12-13
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When Best Practices Aren’t Best
Most everyone is familiar with the term best practices. This phrase describes an industry-specific design or methodology that can be...
2017-12-12
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The Eleven Days of Festivus 2017
Last year, I celebrated the holiday season by blogging daily during the 11 days leading up to Festivus, writing about...
2017-12-12
315 reads
The One Piece of Career Advice I Wish I’d Gotten
Over the years, I’ve been approached numerous times with requests for advice from folks who are looking to get started...
2017-12-12 (first published: 2017-11-29)
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Long Live OLE DB!
Back in August of 2011, an announcement from Microsoft started a wave of angst among those who build and support...
2017-11-20
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
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Encoding URLs
I have this data in a 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