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A perspective from Richard Collins on the creation of a government IT profession in the UK.
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SQL Server 2008 New DATETIME DataTypes
This article is going to cover the newly introduced data types in SQL Server 2008 July CTP, and will specifically discuss the DATETIME functions.
SQL Q&A: Non-Clustered Indexes and Retaining Permissions
Q What are non-clustered indexes, and what are the pros and cons of using them?
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Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
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Encoding URLs
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a 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