Solid State Disks and SQL Server
An interesting result from a recent test of SSDs in SQL Server by Wes Brown. A surprising discovery is important for anyone thinking about using SSDs to know.
2012-03-09 (first published: 2010-04-08)
36,298 reads
Articles
Working with Variables in SQL Server Integration Services
There are a number of ways that you can incorporated variables into your SSIS Scripts. Robert Sheldon demonstrates how.
2012-03-09
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SQL Server Integration Services - Delay Validation
Using delay validation the designer can control the response of default behaviour of package validation which happens at design time and also at run time.
2012-03-08
5,376 reads
Come to see the SQL Server 2012 Launch at DevConnections
On Mar 26-29 in Las Vegas, the DevConnections conference is hosting a launch of SQL Server 2012. Come to the conference and learn more at the SQLServerCentral track.
2012-03-08 (first published: 2012-01-18)
4,386 reads
How to use RunAs command for SSMS if option does not exist
In order to use your normal Windows login and your admin login to connect to SQL Server using SSMS you need to use the "Run as" feature. What do you do in the case of Windows 7 or Windows Vista where you can’t find the Run As Different User option?
2012-03-08
2,888 reads
Win an Amazon Kindle! Complete our Data Compression Survey
We'd like to find out what you think about SQL Server data compression. Complete this quick survey and you could win an Amazon Kindle. Complete the survey now.
2012-03-08
2,095 reads
Basics of XML and SQL Server, Part 1: Streaming XML
This article demonstrates how to generate an XML stream from SQL Server using the 'FOR XML PATH' statement, and how to explore that XML stream interactively using an XSL transformation.
2012-03-07
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Three Attack Vectors in SQL Server 2005
This article outlines three different tried and tested methods of obtaining access to databases in SQL Server 2005 where no database-level administrative access exists.
2012-03-07
7,445 reads
SQL Server 2012 - The Virtual Launch Event
Microsoft has scheduled a virtual launch event for SQL Server 2012 on Mar 7. Register now to learn about the next version of SQL Server.
2012-03-07 (first published: 2012-03-01)
4,718 reads
Large table cleanup with minimal locks
How do you delete millions of rows with minimal impact to the business? This article gives you a way to accomplish the removal of old data.
2012-03-06
15,519 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #202: 100 Hours
By Steve Jones
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Exploring DiskANN: Part 2: PQ, SSDs, caching and beam search
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RegEx Functions II
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RegEx Functions II
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^d') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers