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Hashing Data With HASHBYTES
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SQL SERVER – 2005 2000 – Search String in Stored Procedure
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SQL SERVER – Versions, CodeNames, Year of Release
SQL Server codenames by year, from SQL95 and Hydra to Sphinx, Shiloh, Yukon and Katmai, with the version number for each release.
SQL Server Permissions Without the Guesswork
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Handling Time Zones in SQL Server
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