Change the server name of the SQL Server Instance
How to change the server name of SQL Server Instance?
2018-03-27 (first published: 2018-03-19)
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Remove Database Encryption Key on all user databases
Below script will remove database encryption key, database certificate and master key on all the user databases.
For tempdb database, you need to restart the SQL Server Instance to complete the process.
Note: It is advisable to take transaction log backup before this activity is performed.
2018-02-08 (first published: 2018-01-29)
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2017-03-30 (first published: 2017-03-16)
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Move End of Month file from source to destination
The script below executes on the first of every month and moves files from source to destination location.
2014-07-24 (first published: 2014-06-16)
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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