How to Change the SQL Server Database Owner
Discover the importance of database ownership in SQL Server and learn the process of changing database owner using SQL Server Management Studio or ALTER AUTHORIZATION statement
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Securing All Your Connections
Microsoft is recommending more security for SQL Servers, including dev and test instances. Do you agree this is a good idea? Would you implement this?
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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