Words vs Data
Are you clear in your reporting. Steve notes that sometimes we might leave too much up to interpretation by the end user.
2025-02-03
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Reporting
2019-11-26
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4 Ways to Move Data Into a Reporting Server
You’ve decided that you need to offload reports to a different SQL Server, and you’re willing to pay the costs. Here are the most common ways to move the data from production to a reporting server, arranged roughly from easiest-to-implement to hardest.
2019-07-12
Calendar Table by Year
Populate a calendar table with user set interval start and end datetime values.
2014-03-11 (first published: 2014-02-21)
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Calendar Table by Month
Populate a calendar table with user set interval start and end datetime values.
2014-09-16 (first published: 2014-02-21)
2,083 reads
Calendar Table by Day
Populate a calendar table with user set interval start and end datetime values.
2014-09-15 (first published: 2014-02-21)
1,995 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