February #Meme15 Assignment
It’s been a couple months now since a number of us got together to share how we use social networks...
2012-02-09
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Data Quality Services
Data Quality Services (DQS) is a brand new feature in SQL Server 2012. In short, DQS enables you to build a...
2012-02-09 (first published: 2012-02-06)
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SQL Server Product Life Cycle
Part of managing the SQL Server environment , is maintaining the latest Service Packs remain within the Product Support data range.
The...
2012-02-09
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SSAS: Currency Conversion in MDX Script
In my prior blog post, I provided some details regarding currency conversion via measure expressions in SSAS. I recently attempted...
2012-02-09
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Stages of the Game?
Saw this post by Seth Godin on Stages of the Game. Interesting, I identified with it – I’m competitive, and competing...
2012-02-09
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[Shameless Plug] Can We Have Your Vote?
[Shameless Plug] Can We Have Your Vote?
SQL PASS SQLRally
Argenis Fernandez (|@DBArgenis) and yours truly have submitted a Pre-Conference for SQL...
2012-02-08
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A Script A Day - Day 8 - Non Clustered Index Information
Today's script comes to you from London where I am at my head office for my appraisal! Lets hope it...
2012-02-08
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AlwaysOn: Configuring Secondary Read-Only Access
Now that you have AlwaysOn configured and your first Availability Group (AG) created, it’s time to start leveraging those secondary...
2012-02-08
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An Unclassy Error
I saw this on a TV while walking through a store. More than a but amusing, but not too helpful...
2012-02-08
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Goals 2012
As I have wanted to do each year, here is my goals post for 2012. Last year I set out to do this very same thing but was very...
2012-02-08
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Blogs
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Let's Talk Certifications, which is...
Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building a SQL Server Fleet...
Smart AI Agents and Data Security
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Smart AI Agents and Data...
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