Misadventures in TDE: How to Restore an Encrypted SQL Server Database Completely Wrong
Doing things by the book isn’t necessarily the only way to learn a new skill. Sometimes, experiencing everything that can...
2012-02-28
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Sitting Between Two Stools: Analysis Services 2012, Windows 8 and Market Niche Confusion at Microsoft
In my last post, I wrote that the game plan was to post by Dec. 10 on changes in data...
2012-01-24
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Installing SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0
In my last post, I indicated that my plan was to post by Dec. 3 on the topic of data...
2011-12-03
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An Informal Compendium of SSAS Errors, Part 6: Common Errors
This is the last in a series of posts on some SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) errors for which there...
2011-11-20
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An Informal Compendium of SSAS Errors, Part 5: Incorrect Calculation Results, Miscellaneous and MDX Studio Errors
This is the fourth in a series of posts on some SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) errors for which there...
2011-11-13
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An Informal Compendium of SSAS Errors, Part 4: SSAS Object Design
This is the third in a series of posts on some SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) errors for which there...
2011-10-08
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An Informal Compendium of SSAS Errors, Part 3: Unresolved Errors
This is the second in a series of posts on some SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) errors for which there...
2011-10-02
1,817 reads
An Informal Compendium of SSAS Errors, Part 1: Introduction
When practicing for my MCTS in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) 2008 R2 last spring, I was shocked to receive...
2011-09-21
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An Informal Compendium of SSAS Errors, Part 2: Data Mining
This is the first in a series of posts on some SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) errors for which there...
2011-09-21
2,260 reads
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions II
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') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers