Scaling SQL Server – SQL Saturday #104 Precon
I will be presenting a day long preconference session on Scaling SQL Server for SQLSaturday #104 on Friday, January 6,...
2011-12-04
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Getting data and log size of all databases
Hi guys.
The procedure bellow get the data and log size of all databases in current instance.
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.uspDatabaseSize
AS
declare...
2011-12-03
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Installing SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0
In my last post, I indicated that my plan was to post by Dec. 3 on the topic of data...
2011-12-03
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MythBusting–“Table variables have no statistics”
Ok, as myths go, its a pretty weak one. In fact, it is true, this whitepaper explicitly states that. But...
2011-12-02
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Autogrow guidelines
I always enable autogrow on my databases. However, it’s there for emergencies, not as a space management tool. I monitor...
2011-12-02
5,829 reads
Workarounds for SSRS 2008 Font rendering issue
Problem
A report developed using SSRS 2008 either through Visual Studio 2010 or BIDS 2008 does not renders properly when viewed...
2011-12-02
5,978 reads
SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”) Licensing
Microsoft has posted the licensing for SQL Server 2012. It has simplified licensing: SQL Server 2012 will offer two licensing...
2011-12-02
1,512 reads
Re-blog – November 25 – December 1
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2011-12-02
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“Beyond Rounded Corners” at the Microsoft BI User Group of Minnesota-Dec 6, 2011
Come join me and other Business Intelligence professionals at the Microsoft BI User Group meeting at Microsoft’s new offices in...
2011-12-02
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With A Little Bit of Care, You Can Use the DMVs to Auto-Create Some Missing Indexes, Here Is How (but with Caveats)
An Automagic Index Creation Script? No, but a start to deal with Missing IndexesHere's the useful join from a number...
2011-12-02
2,020 reads
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
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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