SQL Server 2005 SP4 Has Been Released
Microsoft completed SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 recently and made it available at the end of last week.
2010-12-20
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Press Release
SQLServerCentral Webinar Series #6: Gathering and Interpreting Server Metrics including SQL Monitor
In this webinar, MVP and noted author, Grant Fritchey shows you how to better keep track of what is happening on your instances by gathering information on performance from SQL Monitor and then using that to interpret the impact on your databases. Dec 14, 2010.
2010-12-14 (first published: 2010-12-07)
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Put Your Thinking Caps On
Three contests from Red Gate Software are coming next week. Get a hint about what might be coming and set a reminder on your calendar.
2010-12-10 (first published: 2010-12-08)
1,553 reads
SQLServerCentral Webinar Series #4: How to Monitor your SQL Servers
You can monitor your servers with the new SQL Monitor software from Red Gate Software. MVP Brad McGehee showed how the SQLServerCentral servers are being monitored publicly. The slide decks and Q&A transcript at available.
2010-12-02 (first published: 2010-11-09)
4,776 reads
SQL Saturday #61 - DC
A day of free training near Washington DC in December. Come and learn how more about SQL Server.
2010-11-29 (first published: 2010-11-23)
1,920 reads
SSIS Training Live and In-Person
MVP and author of our Stairway Series on SSIS, Andy Leonard, is holding an SSIS class this December in northern Virginia. If you are interested in top notch SSIS training, read on.
2010-11-19 (first published: 2010-11-02)
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SQLServerCentral Webinar #5 - Powershell and Source Control
MVP Allen White talked about how Powershell can be used to script out your database and put it in Source Control, and how SQL Source Control from
2010-11-18
522 reads
SQLServerCentral Webinar Series #5: Setup Your Source Control With Help from PowerShell
MVP Allen White shows how he can use Powershell to setup SQL Source Control from Red Gate Software on Nov 18, 2010.
2010-11-17 (first published: 2010-11-10)
1,253 reads
SQL Saturday #59 - New York City
A free day of training in New York City just before Thanksgiving. Come see Steve Jones and Grant Fritchey, along with a number of other great speakers.
2010-11-16 (first published: 2010-11-04)
2,471 reads
SQL Server R2 in Luxembourg
On Nov 16, 2008, the Luxembourg SQL Server User Group will hold a SQL Server 2008 R2 event in conjunction with Microsoft.
2010-11-12
371 reads
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...
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
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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