Tips for Securing SQL Server Database from All Sort of Risks
Securing SQL Server Database is a challenging task as there are number of external and internal risks or parameters affecting...
2018-05-24
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Blog Posts
Toolbox - How Long Has My Server Been Up?
https://imgflip.com/i/2axp6yNo..not that Up (although it is awesome!)
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As a remote service provider a common request is to follow up after a server...
2018-05-24
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: more functions you should never use
Previously we looked at four built-in functions to get the current date and time in SQL Server and Azure SQL...
2018-05-23 (first published: 2018-05-16)
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Day 23 Replication
Replication means making copy of the objects and moving transaction from primary server to secondary/standby/Slave server. There are two type...
2018-05-23
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How to pass data between procedures using temp tables.
In this post I will show how in some cases we can split a long procedure to a small and...
2018-05-23
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Jobs in PoSh to Create a Load
I saw this from Argenis Fernandez, and thought it was wonderful.
1..128 | % { start-job -name ‘job name’ -scriptblock { & sqlcmd -S instanceName -U...
2018-05-23
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PoshSSDTBuildDeploy Updated - Now With Pester Tests
Hello!
Some weeks ago I got the tests working on the CI build for PoshSSDTBuildDeploy. The tests were a bit of a mish mash, however they sort of did the...
2018-05-23
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Pushing SQL Server images to the Azure Container Registry
The Azure Container Registry is an online repository for storing Docker images (think the Docker Hub).
What’s cool about this is...
2018-05-23 (first published: 2018-05-09)
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SSAS Tabular – Fact Table Key Columns Datatype Impact
Intro
I’m working on a solution where warehouse uses string codes as the keys for dimensions. Therefore the fact table is...
2018-05-23
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The public role
A common misunderstanding is that the CONNECT permission lets you do more than just connect to a database. It doesn’t....
2018-05-23
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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