2018-11-06
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COMPRESS()
2018-10-29
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Compress and Decompress in SQL Server 2016
Explore using Compress/Decompress with varying types of data and examine size/storage usage
2018-10-01
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2016-10-21
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Script to Compress Tables and Indexes
This script creates scripts to compress all tables and indexes in a database.
2010-01-04 (first published: 2009-12-11)
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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