VMworld 2014 Session Voting Is Open!
I can’t believe it’s that time of year again. VMware has opened up the public voting for the VMworld 2014...
2014-05-06
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Datatypes In Your Mind–Question Of The Day
My latest question Datatypes In Your Mind is live today and it’s generated quite the discussion. I wrote here about...
2014-05-06
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Hadoop and Data Warehouses
I see a lot of confusion when it comes to Hadoop and its role in a data warehouse solution. Hadoop should...
2014-05-12 (first published: 2014-05-06)
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Filetable–Moving files programmatically
I’ve been playing with Filetable and I was asked an interesting question. Can I move files to a folder programmatically?
It’s...
2014-05-06
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SQL Server Debugging with WinDbg – an Introduction
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan – you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2014-05-13 (first published: 2014-05-05)
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SQLSaturday #305 Business Analytics Edition Dallas–RECAP
So, I am flying home thinking about the event Saturday and many things are running through my head. No, not...
2014-05-05
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SQLServerCentral Editorial: Better, Faster, and Cheaper
Better, Faster, and Cheaper was published today and I hope you’ll read it, and then challenge your own assumptions for...
2014-05-05
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #82
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-05-05
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Applied SQL: Orphan a user, fix orphaned users (sp_FixOrphanedUsers)
Ever heard of orphaned users? It’s a database user account, disconnected from its associated login. You typically get this when...
2014-05-05
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Cumulative Update – 12 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 12th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the...
2014-05-05
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Blogs
PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
Ten Years of PowerShell
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T-SQL Tuesday #202: 100 Hours
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this is a great prompt to start...
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions II
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') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers