HowTo prevent BOL getting Online help
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2008-06-16 (first published: 2008-05-07)
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Scripts
UDF to return a multi column table of values from an input string
This UDF returns a multi column table of values from an input string of comma separated values
2008-06-11 (first published: 2008-04-29)
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Powershell/SMO: Unload table schema, dri, perms & data.
PSH script to unload table schema, dri, permissions and data to file(s).
2008-06-10 (first published: 2008-05-07)
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2008-06-08
1,884 reads
Difference between two dates in weeks
Returns difference between two dates in weeks, takes into account @@DATEFIRST setting
2008-05-28 (first published: 2008-04-11)
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2008-05-27 (first published: 2008-04-10)
1,739 reads
2008-05-23 (first published: 2008-04-10)
2,161 reads
Backup all DBs of a SQL-Server Instance
Backup all DBs of a SQL-Server Instance depending on Environment Variable "DBBackupPath". The script also distinguishes between Instances
2008-05-22 (first published: 2008-03-28)
2,411 reads
usp_IndexCreationStatements
(SQL 2005) Creates Index Creation statements based on info colected in system view sys.dm_db_missing_index_details, either with included columns or just In(Equality) columns.
2008-05-21 (first published: 2007-10-11)
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2008-05-19 (first published: 2008-03-20)
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The Large Encoded Value
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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