SSIS Script Component Source -- Proc/Select Stmt
I've been asked on several occassions to provide an example of the custom sources I use in my "SSIS Tips&Tricks" presentations. I had to build one moments ago and...
2012-02-21
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Blog Posts
Two Sessions Up for Vote at SQLRally!
I received great news last week that one of my sessions, Windows Operating System Internals for DB Pros, was accepted,...
2012-02-21
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What's New is SSIS 2012? - Find out with Andy Leonard at the NJ SQL User Group - tonight!
As us SQL professional folks know, since the advent of SQL Server Integration Services, affectionately known as SSIS, it has...
2012-02-21
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Where’s My Backup? SQL Server Backup Issues
You can cause yourself problems if you don’t know where your backups are stored, and how they are being made....
2012-02-21
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A Script A Day - Day 11 - User Permissions By Database
Today's script will return you permissions granted to a user for every online database. The script uses EXECUTE AS so...
2012-02-20
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A Script A Day - Day 12 - Granting Role Membership to All Principals
Today's script will grant membership in the db_owner fixed database role in all online read/writable user databases to all principals not...
2012-02-20
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Essential Trace Flags for Recovery & Debugging
The following trace flags are essential for a variety of recovery scenarios. The use of trace flags allow the DBA...
2012-02-20
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Reconciling SPNs
As part of troubleshooting Kerberos authentication for SQL Server I had to verify SPNs so I thought I’d blog about...
2012-02-20
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Selected to Speak at SQLRally 2012
I was excited to receive the email on Friday that I’d been selected to present at SQLRally #2 in Dallas...
2012-02-20
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Sorry...
I've been offline for a week to take some annual leave and recharge my batteries. To make up for the...
2012-02-20
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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
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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
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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