SQLServerCentral.com Launches New Discount Area
SQLServerCentral.com today launched its new members only product discount area. The section allows members to purchase SQL Server related products at a deep discount.
2002-03-27
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.NET Framework Service Pack 1 Released
Microsoft .NET Framework Service Pack 1 provides the latest updates to the .NET Framework. Service Pack 1 is highly recommended for all users of the .NET Framework, including customers of Visual Studio .NET.
2002-03-27
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Microsoft Sets New World Record
Find out how SQL Server 2000 surpassed its previous number one result for the SAP Sales and Distribution benchmark.
2002-03-22
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RAC v2.0 released
RAC is a native utility for MS Sql Server 2000 designed exclusively for data
manipulation.RAC can perform complex tasks while minimizing the need for complex
sql.RAC offers many computational options and has report writer features.RAC comes with a easy to use gui for novice users.
2002-03-20
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SQLMatcher Added to Freeware Library
SQLMatcher allows the user to compare Microsoft SQL Server DDL scripts. SQLMatcher is available in two different forms. The standard freeware version has just been made available for download on SQLServerCentral.com. The professional version is also available for download and purchase.
2002-03-20
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The Intel Philanthropic Peer-to-Peer Program
Similar to Seti@Home, Intel has a program set up to support research for several diseases including Anthrax and Alzheimer's. It's free, it's useful, and it might make a difference. Read the notes Andy has put together and then decide for yourself.
2002-03-15
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More than 20% Discounts for SQLServerCentral.com Members
LockwoodTech and SQLServerCentral.com have teamed up to give its members special discounts on Lockwood products. Discounts for SQLServerCentral.com members are more than 20% off. All for being a free member of SQLServerCentral.com!
2002-03-11
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myLittleTools announces myLittleAdmin v1.5a
myLittleTools is proud to announce the release of myLittleAdmin for SQL Server. With version 1.5a, myLittleAdmin etablishes itself as the best web-based database administration tool for ASP developers.
2002-03-11
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Microsoft Tunes Windows
Microsoft Corp. is considering bundling in the next version of Windows a pared-down version of its next-generation SQL Server database and the relational file system that goes with it.
2002-03-04
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Technical Chat: Inside with Jim Gray--The Search for Petabyte Storage
Please join Jim Gray, Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft Research, for this Q&A Session. Jim, the father of Structured Query Language, has been looking at LARGE databases like Google, Hotmail, BarBar, CERN, EOS/DIS, Internet Archive, and others that are either at a Petabyte or will grow to a petabyte scale in the next year or so.
2002-02-28
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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