2016-12-05
12,201 reads
always on
SQL Server 2016 Distributed Availability Groups
High availability solution with cross cluster support using the new Distributed Availability Groups
2016-11-14
3,084 reads
TempDB growth due to version store on AlwaysOn secondary server
On a not-so-busy day, I received an alert saying tempdb has grown to 90 percent of the drive size and there is only 10 percent space left on the drive. The server is a SQL Server 2014 instance and hosts AlwaysOn secondary databases.
2016-11-07
21,193 reads
Taking backup of the databases to the Active server alone
If you have Always On and need to stop running database backups to the stand by server, use the script.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2016-11-01)
280 reads
Resolving an Error When Creating an Availability Group Listener
In this post, I’m going to talk an issue that I found when creating an availability group listener by using SQL Server Management Studio's Add Listener. This article helps you to resolve the issue.
2016-09-06
24,477 reads
SQL Server AlwaysOn Endpoint Encryption Algorithm Compatibility Error
Ahmad Yaseen takes a look at how to deal with an endpoint encryption compatibility error when using SQL Server's AlwaysOn Availability Group Wizard.
2016-06-08
2,497 reads
Enabling TDE on Databases in an AlwaysOn Scenario
Enabling Transparent Data Encryption on Databases in Always On Scenario
2016-02-09
13,475 reads
Read-Only Routing for Non-Microsoft Clients
An alternative read-only routing technique for non-Microsoft clients.
2015-12-28
2,656 reads
2015-07-20
3,393 reads
2014-11-04 (first published: 2014-10-06)
1,364 reads
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Encoding URLs
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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