TSQL Tuesday #61: How I plan on Giving Back
A little over 5 years ago, Adam Machanic (B|T) had this great idea of getting everyone in the SQL Community...
2014-12-09
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Wayne Sheffield
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T-SQL Tuesday #61 – Giving Back
The Season of Giving
The annual PASS Summit (otherwise known as the #SQLFamily reunion) is over. Here in the United States,...
2014-12-08 (first published: 2014-12-02)
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The Murder Train is making a stop in Salt Lake City
You know, these 1 hour sessions that are at most SQL Saturdays are just too short sometimes – you just get...
2014-10-16
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The Murder Train chugs into Denver!
You know, these 1 hour sessions that are at most SQL Saturdays are just too short sometimes – you just get...
2014-08-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #57: SQL Family and Community
Well, here it is again. The second Tuesday of the month, which means that it’s T-SQL Tuesday. T-SQL Tuesday… that...
2014-08-13
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The Murder train chugs into Raleigh
You know, these 1 hour sessions that are at most SQL Saturdays are just too short sometimes – you just get...
2014-08-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #56: Assumptions
Well, here it is again. The second Tuesday of the month, which means that it’s T-SQL Tuesday. This month, Dev...
2014-07-08
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Avoiding a split brain in database mirroring
You’re utilizing the database mirroring high-availability feature, configured to be in the High Safety mode with automatic failover, which means...
2014-05-28 (first published: 2014-05-22)
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Cannot start SSAS after install in tabular mode
After installing SSAS, using the tabular model, you receive the error “The service cannot be started: The following system error...
2014-05-19 (first published: 2014-05-13)
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SQL Saturday RVA recap
Wow, what a month. On March 22, 2014, the SQL Saturday train came into Richmond VA (RVA). I was one...
2014-03-28
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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