Coming Back After complete 3 Years
Friends/My Readers,
Its been a long i have been away from my blogging.When i see back Its exactly 3 yrs Today(30/July/2015...
2018-07-30
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Blog Posts
Forcing Execution Plan
Very rarely there is a need to force an execution plan and even more rarely we should be doing it....
2018-07-30 (first published: 2018-07-20)
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SQL Server Availability Group Auto Seeding Error
SQL Server Availability Group Auto Seeding is a wonderful thing, it saves database administrators time when setting up availability groups. ...
2018-07-30
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The Failed One Laptop Per Child Project
I wrote about OLPC back in 2010 (and before that, somewhere back on a post I didnt port over here...
2018-07-30
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ArcGIS Maps for Power BI: Plus subscription (2nd part); What's in it for me?
(2018-July-29) My initial attempt to explore and test the ArcGIS Map paid version continued after receiving a response from the...
2018-07-29
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Adding File to Database in AlwaysOn Availability Group
When a database is part of AlwaysOn Availability Group, it means whatever commands we are executing on Primary replica database,...
2018-07-27
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Friday Reading 2018-07-27
Phew, I’m not going to complain about the hot weather…I’ll miss it when it’s gone.
Linux Load Averages: Solving the Mystery
Good...
2018-07-27
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Getting Schooled by Brent
Earlier this year Brent Ozar invited me to attend some of his online classes for free. Free is good! Training...
2018-07-27 (first published: 2018-07-19)
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How to handle big numbers in SSAS Tabular
Intro
Intro
I have recently faced the issue of handling big numbers in SSAS Tabular. Our SSAS model processes accounting data for...
2018-07-27
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I’m speaking at SQL Saturday 749 : Baton Rouge
Hello Louisiana! It’s that time of year again. I’ll be speaking on Saturday August 11th in Baton Rouge with many...
2018-07-27
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Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
Forums
Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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RegEx Functions IV
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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