A New Look & A New Direction
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you...
2016-04-28
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Power BI Is Finally in the Azure Trust Center
With the most recent announcement of Power BI’s inclusion in the Azure Trust Center, it is a good time to review...
2016-05-11 (first published: 2016-04-28)
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April MVP – Chris Yates
The April MVP nomination is Chris Yates (B|T).
Chris is one of those individuals that always have a positive outlook on...
2016-04-28
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Dynamic Security in Power BI
UPDATE: the feature has changed since its introduction. For more information, see the update at the bottom of the post.
In...
2016-04-28
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New Pluralsight Course – Understanding and Using Essential Tools in Enterprise Linux 7
My new course “Understanding and Using Essential Tools in Enterprise Linux 7” in now available on Pluralsight here!
This course targets IT professionals that design and maintain RHEL based enterprises....
2016-04-28
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New Pluralsight Course – Understanding and Using Essential Tools in Enterprise Linux 7
My new course “Understanding and Using Essential Tools in Enterprise Linux 7” in now available on Pluralsight here!
This course targets...
2016-04-28
1,041 reads
Red Gate Dependency Tracker - Making Databases Into Moving Art
data structures are art
If anyone thinks that working with complex data structures is boring... I don't know what world they...
2016-04-27
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PowerShell – SQL Databases Backup Status Report of Multiple Servers
This post is a requirement from one of my blog reader.
There are plenty of scripts available to get the backup...
2016-04-27
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Customizing Your Azure Portal
Not all of us are going to use Azure in the same way. That’s just common sense. Therefore, not all...
2016-04-27
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My Cable Modem Keeps Rebooting!
There are obviously quite a few things that could cause internet issues that are totally out of our control, but...
2016-04-27
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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