Currys having apostrophe trouble
Before I start I just want to say that much of this post is mere speculation on my part and...
2014-04-08
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Art
Pluralsight = Essential Training
Update: 11th Sep 2016 - See comment that pricing tiers have been adjusted since this blog post
I've been aware of Pluralsight...
2014-03-25
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FIGlet SQLCLR ASCII Font Art
If you haven’t heard of the name before, you must have seen what it does at some point. FIGlet which...
2014-02-13
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Basic RegEx in SSMS
Have you ever had that moment where you have gone "Geez.. I wish I'd learnt this stuff ages ago" after...
2014-02-04 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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And that is 2013
I’ve been blogging for a couple of years now and although I’ve never been a prolific blogger (and never will!),...
2013-12-23
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Getting the read/write ratio for a database
EDIT: Please also see in depth comment from Brent Ozar on my main site which extends the query provided below...
2013-11-30
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Removing HTML formatting tag - BR - from XML using XQuery
This is a personal pet hate of mine.. Mixing HTML formatting tags directly with XML that aren’t escaped or contained...
2013-11-07 (first published: 2013-10-31)
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What to do next certification wise
I feel rather flat today. I passed the 3rd entry level 2012 exam a few hours ago, data warehousing to...
2013-09-19
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Just Wow!! features
Over the years with each release I’m often impressed by some of the features contained in SQL server but every...
2013-08-30
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Crash when inserting to a FileTable with a parallel plan
Whilst doing some ad-hoc work on some data on a 2012 SP1 instance I came across an issue with the...
2013-07-25
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Blogs
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
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Let's Talk Certifications
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Force join by longest possible choice
Title pretty much says it. I want to join to a table that has...
Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions IV
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', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers