Your Value from a Conference
Today Steve asks what value you get from attending conferences or other events.
2025-12-19
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career networking
Building Bonds with Entertainment
Over the years I've had the chance to work in a lot of companies, and I've seen a lot of different team-building attempts take place. In restaurants, these were often nights out with too many adult beverages. At a power station, we had some large outdoor BBQs, where again, sometimes there were too many adult […]
2023-10-04
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2022-06-17
118 reads
Finding New Employment
You can find new employment with a little work and choose the best job for you.
2022-05-07
137 reads
Getting Started Remotely
Today Steve wonders what advice you might give someone starting out their career in technology.
2021-05-07
103 reads
It's More Than What You Know
I'm a firm believer in keeping your tech skills up to date, as well as your social skills, What better way than attending or presenting at a conference or group meeting. The reason to attend an event I'm very fortunate that my company allows me training days and time for personal development, covering all expenses […]
2019-12-03
1,956 reads
2019-07-22
773 reads
Ports that DBAs Need to Know
This article lists the essential TCP/UDP ports that an administrator running SQL Server or a cluster should know.
2011-10-28
23,234 reads
Find which port SQL Server is using to establish connections
This article will show you how to determine which network port that SQL Server is listening on for connections
2011-09-08
10,491 reads
2010-07-27
2,680 reads
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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