Slides and Scripts from Idera February webcast
For those who've asked, here are the slides and scripts from my SQL Server auditing webinar with Idera:
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If...
2012-02-10
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Review: I Done This
IDoneThis is a simple web site for tracking accomplishments. The premise is that you get a checkbox on the calendar...
2012-02-10
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Notes from the February Space Coast SQL Meeting
I drove over to Melbourne last night to the new home of Space Coast SQL at the Harris Institute for...
2012-02-10
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A Script A Day - Day 10 - Hosts on vCentre
If you use VMWare for your virtualisation environment all virtual machines are managed by one or more vCentre management servers. ...
2012-02-10
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Executing scripts with sp_addscriptexec
Looking for ways to do things more quickly and efficiently, I thought I would talk a little bit about sp_addscriptexec...
2012-02-10
2,697 reads
Speaking At SQL Saturday #110 in Tampa
I got word this week that one of my sessions for the upcoming SQL Saturday #110 in Tampa, FL was...
2012-02-10
443 reads
Data Page math : 96 + 8060 + 36 = 8192. is this correct?
I have come accross interesting puzzle yesterday on numbers 96 and 36.
Everyone knows that header size is 96 and maximum...
2012-02-09
1,736 reads
An open letter to anyone with “SQL Server” on their resume
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have your resume here in my hand and couldn’t help but notice that you have listed...
2012-02-09
2,914 reads
RYO Maintenance Plan – Enhancement Request
In response to my last post, I got a very interesting comment from Philip:
“I would love to see a way...
2012-02-13 (first published: 2012-02-09)
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A Script A Day - Day 9 - Index Compression Estimations
Today's script provides amongst other information Index compression estimates based on existing index information. All you need to do is...
2012-02-09
1,325 reads
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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