SQL University: Precedence Constraints
Welcome back, class! In our last class, we setup a parent-child package configuration and showed how you can pass variables...
2011-05-06
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sqlchicken
SQLRally OverDrive Events!
So you’re going to SQLRally in Orlando next week? Want to take advantage of ALL of the awesome opportunities presented?...
2011-05-06
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Policy-Based Management and Local Password Policy
This post is based on an interesting question/situation that was posted over at ASKSSC.com today. The user asked how to...
2011-05-04
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Parents Just Don’t Understand
Welcome to the second week of SSIS this semester at SQL University. Today we’re going to talk about the relationship...
2011-05-02
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SQL University: Parents Just Don’t Understand
Welcome to the second week of SSIS this semester at SQL University. Today we’re going to talk about the relationship...
2011-05-02
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Be the Master of your Data Warehouse Universe at SQLRally!
Do you have a data warehouse initiative in your current organization and looking for a way to learn how to...
2011-04-14
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Find Table Heaps Using Policy-Based Management
This is just a quick post in regards to a conversation I just had via Twitter. If you don’t already...
2011-04-08
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Meme Monday: 11 Words or Less
Looks like time for another meme, this time from Tom LaRock (Blog | Twitter). He challenged us to write a blog...
2011-04-04
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24 Hours of PASS: Day 1
Yesterday was the first day of PASS’ 24 Hours of PASS event. For those not familiar, 24 Hours of PASS is...
2011-03-16
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SQL University Lecture Series: Women in Tech
This week SQL University is on Spring Break but we’ve lined up some activities to help keep students busy (you...
2011-03-16
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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...
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Let's Talk Certifications, which is...
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building a SQL Server Fleet...
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