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Viewing Database Restore History in SQL Server
Hello everyone, In this article, I will try to give information about viewing database restore history in SQL Server. In SQL Server, you may want to view the database restore history in some cases. You can easily do this using the code below. SELECT [restore_date] ,[destination_database_name] ,[user_name] ,[backup_set_id] ,[restore_type] ,[replace]...
Decrypting Base64 Encrypted Data in SQL Server
Hello everyone, In this article, I will try to give information about decoding Base64 encrypted data in SQL Server. In SQL Server, in some cases, you may want to decrypt Base64 encrypted data. You can easily do this using the code below. SELECT CONVERT ( VARCHAR(MAX), CAST(” AS XML).value(‘xs:base64Binary(sql:column(“BASE64_COLUMN”))’, ‘VARBINARY(MAX)’)...