Partition Switching #TSQL2SDAY #77
The ALTER TABLE..SWITCH command allows you to almost instantly move large amounts of data from one table to another. It does...
2016-04-20 (first published: 2016-04-12)
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SSRS Report Won’t Render in VS Preview
I love getting get a laptop, but getting all the software reinstalled and making sure everything works can be trying....
2016-04-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #77–My Favorite Feature
This month is an interesting, but tough topic. The blog party is hosted by Jens Vestergaard, and his invitation is...
2016-04-12
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #526 in Rochester on May 14, 2016
If you are a SQL Server professional and are interested in spending a day with a bunch of other like-minded...
2016-04-12
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SQL Server 2016 features: Live query statistics
Ever wanted to look at a query’s actual execution plan (execution plan with runtime information) without waiting for the query...
2016-04-12
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SQL Server 2016 features: Live query statistics
Ever wanted to look at a query’s actual execution plan (execution plan with runtime information) without waiting for the query...
2016-04-12
555 reads
A View Is Not A Table
Blog post #4 in support of Tim Ford’s (b|t) #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel
In SQL Server, in the T-SQL you use to query...
2016-04-19 (first published: 2016-04-12)
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Insurance For Events
Posting here mostly because I’ll need this link again sooner or later! We’re hosting our more or less annual joint...
2016-04-12
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SQL Server Service Broker – Sending and Receiving
This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging and queueing technology built into the SQL Server Database...
2016-04-12
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SQL Server Service Broker – Sending and Receiving
This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging...
2016-04-19 (first published: 2016-04-12)
1,917 reads
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...
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Let's Talk Certifications
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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
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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