An Informal Look at Database Performance
A review on the basic steps to correct a poorly performing query
2010-09-08
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Timothy A Wiseman
- Interests: SQL Server, Python, Go, Mathematics, Legal Issues
Going From Many Schemas To One Schema
A Technique to deal with moving data from multiple schemas into one table
2010-08-09
6,423 reads
Undocumented Extended and Stored Procedures
Some useful undocumented extended and stored procedures in SQL Server 2005
2009-11-20 (first published: 2008-05-09)
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2008-12-02
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2008-10-23 (first published: 2008-08-24)
1,940 reads
2008-09-09
12,828 reads
2008-07-28 (first published: 2008-05-28)
4,356 reads
CTEs in Report Creation
A discussion on using CTEs to speed the development and maintenance of reports and enhance readability.
2008-03-31
6,199 reads
Reading Ad Hoc Text Files with OpenDataSource
Discusses the techniques and reasons to use opendatasource for reading text files in SQL Server 2005.
2007-12-13
10,412 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