MongoDB – Calculating Document Size
We can get the size of a document is by using the shell’s Object.bsonsize() function.We pass the object_id of the document...
2016-04-04
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#SQLNewBlogger–Adding Local Accounts
What do you do if you need a process running under Local Service to connect to your SQL Server? Most...
2016-04-04
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Monday Morning SQL Break – April 4, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me...
2016-04-04
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Complex/Conditional ORDER BYs
Typically it’s considered best to run your queries without an ORDER BY and let the application do any sorting needed....
2016-04-04
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Use PowerShell to script existing Availability Group creation scripts!
Scripts that write scripts! One of my favorites!
So last night I was up working on an issue with an Availability...
2016-04-07 (first published: 2016-04-04)
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SSC Editorial: Is Powershell Intimidating?
Is Powershell intimidating? It’s an interesting question, though perhaps unfair – TSQL can be intimidating when you first start out too....
2016-04-04
528 reads
Use PowerShell to script existing Availability Group creation scripts!
Scripts that write scripts! One of my favorites!
So last night I was up working on an issue with an Availability...
2016-04-04
221 reads
How to Load XML Data Files using the SSIS Script Component.
One of the common source data files that every ETL Developer/Architect will have to grapple with every now and then...
2016-04-03
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #487 in Ottawa on April 16, 2016
If you are a SQL Server professional and are interested in spending a day with a bunch of other like-minded...
2016-04-03
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SQL Server 2014 - Cardinality Estimator - Part 1
It has been a while since I blogged. Just moved to few other mediums like speaking at user group and...
2016-04-03
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building a SQL Server Fleet...
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