Finding SQL Server Installs with Powershell, Again
But the SQL Listener isn’t started!
Yep, I heard you loud and clear. There is more than one way to find...
2013-04-15
924 reads
Wesley Brown
- Interests: Collecting old computers
- Skills: I talk a lot.
Parsing Glenn Berry’s Diagnostic Information Queries With PowerShell
Do It In Bulk
I usually don’t run queries on just one server. Most of the time I need to get...
2013-04-12
1,258 reads
Finding SQL Server Installs Using Powershell
Old Dog, New Tricks
I’ve been writing tools for SQL Server for a lot of years. Some of these tools were...
2013-02-27
2,429 reads
New Toy: The Brydge iPad Keyboard – Updated
Finally a REAL keyboard for my iPad!
I can’t tell you how long I’ve wanted a real keyboard that my iPad...
2012-11-28
1,280 reads
Quick Tip: SSIS and SAP BW Round 2
Again, frustration.
After almost breaking my arm patting myself on the back getting past my last SAP BW issue I found that...
2012-11-19
1,182 reads
Quick Tip: SSIS and SAP BW
Frustration.
If you have ever had to work with Integration Services and data sources other than the Microsoft variety you know how frustrating...
2012-11-15
3,850 reads
Solid State Storage: Enterprise State Of Affairs
Here In A Flash!
Its been a crazy last few years in the flash storage space. Things really started taking off...
2012-11-07 (first published: 2012-11-05)
2,731 reads
SSIS and Oracle All Your Non-options
Why do some things have to be so hard?
I have been asking myself that question for the better part of...
2012-11-01 (first published: 2012-10-30)
3,463 reads
The Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Shared Consolidated Storage Systems
Shared Consolidated Storage Systems – A Brief History
Hey, “Shared Consolidated Storage Systems” did you just make that up? Why yes, yes...
2012-10-30 (first published: 2012-10-26)
2,493 reads
One Great Day And Mixed Feelings
If it happens two times then you know the first time wasn’t a fluke.
Today was my anniversary date for the SQL Server...
2012-10-02
1,011 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
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With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
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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