PASS Update #66 (All Good Things)
Last week I emailed the Board of Directors my resignation effective December 31st of this year, ending my current term...
2011-10-24
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Blog Posts
SET ARITHABORT ON
When completing an installation I saw the following error – which stopped the installation .
The error occurred during the creation of...
2011-10-24
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SQL Server 2012 Developers Training Kit
Microsoft has recently released the SQL Server Developer Training kit for SQL Server 2012. The developers kit includes fantastic resources...
2011-10-24
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SSIS 2012: Project Reference
One of the less advertised enhancements of SSIS in SQL Server 2012 is the Project Reference type available when using...
2011-10-24
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What is Microsoft TAP and RDP?
Technology Adoption Program (TAP) and Rapid Deployment Program (RDP) are ways for Microsoft to get early feedback on new products or product...
2011-10-24
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Gaining SQL Server SysAdmin Access
I’ve seen this come a few times at work and I’m sure most you have experienced something similar.
Someone or an...
2011-10-22
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Giving back–Colorado GiveCamp has started (#CoGiveCamp)
The Colorado GiveCamp is underway with 40 volunteers and 5 charities. Gabe Villa ( blog | twitter ), Kevin Krueger ( blog | twitter ), Jason...
2011-10-22
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Fun Pix
Various photo uploads from the past year.
Filed under: Blog Tagged: Humor, pictures, syndicated
2011-10-21
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SSIS – Can’t Enable/Disable within Data Flow Tab
This is my biggest gripe with SSIS: I have a data flow task, and within that I’m pulling data from...
2011-10-21
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Why is -fill in the feature- Enterprise-Only?
Steve Jones (Blog/@Way0utWest) recently wrote a great blog post proposing that Microsoft should go from having edition-only features (most of...
2011-10-21
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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
Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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RegEx Functions IV
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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