First Blog Since the PASS Summit
The time following the PASS Summit has been absolutely crazy for me. Upon returning home I spent some much needed...
2011-12-08
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MCITP: 4 Down 0 To Go
Yay. I finally took the plunge and decided to take Exam 70-451. This is the MCITP exam for the SQL 2008 Dev track. Frankly, I had taken my time with...
2011-12-07
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MCITP: 4 Down 0 To Go
Yay. I finally took the plunge and decided to take Exam 70-451. This is the MCITP exam for the SQL...
2011-12-07
606 reads
The Layman’s View of a DBA
I wrote this piece as a guest on Bradmcgehee.com for the DBA in Space competition. Republishing here.
A DBA (Database Administrator)...
2011-12-07
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Create SQL Server scripts with Visio 2010
If you are using Visio 2010 and creating tables via the Database Model Diagram template, you may be surprised to...
2011-12-07
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December AppDev Webcast
The new year is just around the corner. And before you know it, we’ll have an opportunity to start moving...
2011-12-07
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Setup Alerts for PBM
PBM raises errors for policy violations. We can create alerts on those errors to be notified of policy violations. In...
2011-12-07
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First Thoughts on the Kindle Fire
My perception of the tablet market has been that the iPad is king, but at a kingly price. If I...
2011-12-07
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DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 13
Part 1 of Question 13: The Question.Part 2 of Question 13: The follow up to the question.This is a continuation...
2011-12-07
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A DBA is a Data Professional
By Grant Fritchey
http://www.scarydba.com/
A DBA (Database Administrator) is a Data Professional tasked with managing an organization’s data using some sort of...
2011-12-07
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Blogs
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
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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