SQL Saturday 108 (Redmond, WA) Session Files
SQL Saturday 108 (Redmond, WA) Session Files
SQL Saturday 108 Replication Magic
Session files are now available for download. The zip file...
2012-02-26
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A Script A Day - Day 20 - User Database VLF Count
Today’s script will execute DBCC LOGINFO for all user databases. This is a script I use to monitor the number...
2012-02-25
2,651 reads
A Script A Day - Day 19 - Remove Virtual Subscriptions
Today’s script is to help replication performance. It was something I learned from my resident replication expert Paul Anderton. Below...
2012-02-25
3,550 reads
Powershell Get-EventLog and Event Log messages
This post explains how to list Event Log Messages with Powershell Get-EventLog , on multiple servers and output the results to...
2012-02-25
2,033 reads
New Cumulative Updates For SQL Server 2008 R2
On Feb 22, 2012, Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 5, which is Build 10.50.2806. This CU...
2012-02-24
944 reads
SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Spatial Features
SQL Server 2012 introduces several significant enhancements to spatial types, such as support for new subtypes of circular arcs, new...
2012-02-24
2,027 reads
Re-blog – February 17 – February 23
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2012-02-24
582 reads
Speaking at the SQL Lunch UK
Yep, that’s correct, the SQL Lunch has expanded to the UK with one slight change. Unlike the SQL Lunch that I...
2012-02-24
811 reads
Speaking at the SQL Lunch UK
Yep, that’s correct, the SQL Lunch has expanded to the UK with one slight change. Unlike the SQL Lunch that...
2012-02-24
455 reads
No MVP Summit for Me
On the corner of my rather messy desk is little recognition item in the image to the right. It’s a...
2012-02-24
857 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...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Let's Talk Certifications, which is...
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