Two Digit Dates in SQL – MM/DD/YYYY
When creating dates or numbers as strings it is sometimes required to have two digit numbers.
For example, instead of this:...
2014-03-10
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Two Digit Dates in SQL – MM/DD/YYYY
When creating dates or numbers as strings it is sometimes required to have two digit numbers.
For example, instead of...
2014-03-10
390 reads
SSRS Top N and Bottom N reporting with Duplicates
Previously I wrote a blog on Top N and Bottom N reporting. There were a couple of gotcha I did...
2014-03-03
1,249 reads
Standard Deviations with CTE in SQL
I was working with a client recently getting the number of standard deviations a student was off the average number...
2014-02-27 (first published: 2014-02-24)
3,355 reads
Standard Deviations with CTE in SQL
I was working with a client recently getting the number of standard deviations a student was off the average number...
2014-02-24
362 reads
SSRS – Creating Drill Through reports with MDX
If you are reporting from a Cube in SSRS and you want to drill through to another report you can...
2014-02-10
1,238 reads
SSRS – Creating Drill Through reports with MDX
If you are reporting from a Cube in SSRS and you want to drill through to another report you can...
2014-02-10
359 reads
SSIS – Using Kill with SP_Who to Break locks
The dreaded table lock can occur and cause your SSIS packages to fail. A popular request I receive asks “How...
2014-02-03
1,694 reads
SSIS – Using Kill with SP_Who to Break locks
The dreaded table lock can occur and cause your SSIS packages to fail. A popular request I receive asks “How...
2014-02-03
426 reads
SSAS Trending KPI
KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) in Analysis Services are a great way to show visually if a measure is trending in...
2014-01-27
819 reads
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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