Speaking at PASS DBA Virtual Chapter
I will be speaking for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter on February 22nd, 2012. I will be delivering my presentation on...
2012-02-20
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Blog Posts
SQL Rally: Don't Vote for my Sessions
So I found out on Friday that I am going to be a speaker at the Dallas SQL Rally, which...
2012-02-20
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SQL Rally: Don’t Vote for My Sessions
So I found out on Friday that I am going to be a speaker at the Dallas SQL Rally, which...
2012-02-20
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SQL Server – Powershell Active Directory search
Working with Powershell and Active Directory simplifies some complex tasks for the DBA.
Active Directory is LDAP compliant. This means the...
2012-02-20
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): PowerPivot
Version 2 of PowerPivot (download) is being made available with SQL Server 2012. There are many new features, and my top 5 are:
Diagram...
2012-02-20
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SSRS – Creating a Reporting Services Web Farm
Reporting Services performance problems can often be narrowed down to report design or resource constraints and sometimes a combination of...
2012-02-20
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SSRS – Embedding Refreshable Reports in Office Tools
Have you ever experienced this?
You have developed a set of Reporting Services report that your users love and they often...
2012-02-20 (first published: 2012-02-14)
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Will You Sponsor the #SQLPlunge?
At the beginning of next month, a few hearty souls have decided that they’d like to do a little to...
2012-02-20
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Cartesian/Cross Join
I was once asked in a job interview if I knew what a Cartesian/Cross Join was.
A more interesting question is:...
2012-02-19
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How can I configure SQL Server to listen on multiple TCP/IP ports?
Run the SQL Server Configuration Manager, expand SQL Server Network Configuration and select the protocols for appropriate instance. Double click...
2012-02-18
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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