SQLSaturday Acquired by PASS – Reactions
The Announcement
On February 2nd, PASS (@sqlpass), here, and Andy Warren (@sqlandy), here, announced ownership of the SQLSaturday franchise brand was transferred...
2010-02-26
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Jack Corbett
- Interests: Sports, books, Bible
The Journey from Smart to Good
“It’s easier to be smart than good.”
I heard that quote in a recent sermon at church and it is one...
2010-02-25
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What’s up with the reads?
So the other day I read Andrew Kelly’s article, Do You Have Hidden Cache Problems, in the latest electronic edition...
2010-02-22
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SQLSaturday Acquired by PASS – Reactions
The Announcement
On February 2nd, PASS (@sqlpass), here, and Andy Warren (@sqlandy), here, announced ownership of the SQLSaturday franchise brand was transferred...
2010-02-18
1,241 reads
SQL Developers Please Use the Table Name/Alias to Prefix Columns
Note: After I completed this post Aaron Bertrand added this subject to his “Bad Habits to Kick” series for myself...
2010-02-16
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February OPASS Meeting Recap
Introduction
Last night we had our February OPASS meeting with Ron Dameron (@RonDBA) presenting on Database Hardening using PowerShell. We broadcast...
2010-02-10
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February OPASS Meeting Tonight
It's here! Our February meeting is tonight at 6pm at End To End Training, 225 S. Westmonte Drive, Suite 2010,...
2010-02-09
383 reads
What the Exec?
I’ve been working with SQL Server for 10 years and have worked in production with versions 6.5 – 2005 and used...
2010-02-05
1,755 reads
SSMS and Visual Studio Tip
Did you know that if you right-click on a tab in SSMS or Visual Studio you get the option to...
2010-02-04
565 reads
DBCC CHECKDB() on ResourceDB?
A few days ago I was answering a forum post about CHECKDB() and as part of the research I checked...
2010-02-03
1,497 reads
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The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
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I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
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RegEx Functions IV
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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