Full Control Over a Randomly Generated Password
All of us need a steady stream of random passwords for the various systems we manage. Peter Larsson brings us an interesting T-SQL solution that generates one for us.
Not Connected
Do you know how to suggest improvements or features for SQL Server? Or report bugs? You use Connect, but it needs some work before it will really help the product.
Featured Blog: SQL Server 2008 – iFTS Introduction
This is the first of a series of posts on the new Integrated Full Text feature in SQL Server 2008 from MVP Simon Sabin. We'll continue this series on with an in depth look at this feature.
MDX Numeric Functions: The Min() Function
Business Intelligence Architect Bill Pearson introduces the numeric Min() function, and leads hands-on practice examples of its use.
SSIS Usage of Checkpoint File
In this article Dinesh Priyankara explains how Checkpoint files can be used in a SSIS package so that the package can be restarted from the point of failure.
Not Connected
Do you know how to suggest improvements or features for SQL Server? Or report bugs? You use Connect, but it needs some work before it will really help the product.
Not Connected
Do you know how to suggest improvements or features for SQL Server? Or report bugs? You use Connect, but it needs some work before it will really help the product.
Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers