DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes Part 1
The DBA in Space contest ends November 18, 2011. If you haven’t entered yet, you still have time.
Filming DBA in...
2011-11-14
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Blog Posts
DBCC CHECKDB
Torn Pages \ Corrupt pages – all in a days work for a DBA. But can anyone tell me how to use...
2011-11-14
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Do You Use “Forced Parameterization”?
In SQL Server 2005 and later, there is a database option called “forced parameterization”. When it is turned on, it...
2011-11-14
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Lists of Words You May Not Know
The Merriam-Webster site has an interesting list of Top 10 Lists, ranging from commonly confused words to things you didn’t...
2011-11-14
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Many-to-Many Dimensions
In SSAS, data structures do not always conform to the snowflake or star schema model where one fact is associated...
2011-11-14
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No SQL Saturday - Columbia, SC in 2012
Last week my partner in crime, Bobby Dimmick (blog | twitter) and I sat down for lunch and caught up and...
2011-11-14
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Some SQL Server Security Housekeeping
Managing SQL Server security changes in mass is something which screams automate it. Let’s look a at few examples using...
2011-11-14
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SQL Inspire NYC – 2011
The lineup for SQLInspire
I spoke at the SQL Inspire event this last weekend and it was a greart experience. This...
2011-11-14
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SQL Server – Error Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line x when using sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats
You run into this error when using sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats DMV on a database which is running under SQL Server 2000 (80)...
2011-11-14
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SQL Server 2012 licensing
Microsoft has recently released the licensing overview for SQL Server 2012. A few things has changes from SQL Server 2008,...
2011-11-14
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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
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review about registered documents.
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Review about how people can get documents online without any stress
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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