Importing CSV Files to SQL Server with PowerShell
Ed Wilson (Blog|Twitter) aka Scripting Guy is kicking off another guest blogger week (Nov 28th 2011) with my guest blog...
2011-11-28
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Day 28: Linked server errors
This post was published to Vinay Thakur – Sql Server DBA at 5:05:51 PM 11/25/2011 Day 28: Linked server errors Linked...
2011-11-28
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SQL Dirty Pages
Lazy writing , eager writing and checkpoint use asynchronous IO in writing pages to disk. The purpose of asynchronous IO is...
2011-11-28
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What Opportunity Are You Looking For?
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A lot has been happening this year. I decided to throw my hat in the ring at being a blogger...
2011-11-28
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And the winners of SafePeak’s SQL Server Performance Contest are...
SafePeak’s SQL Server Performance Contest – Winners
(In coordination with SQLAuthority.com) Back in September, 2011, SafePeak ran a new contest asking participants to share...
2011-11-27
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Installing SQL Server 2012 RC0 from an iPhone
Short version – Installed SQL Server 2012 RC0 onto a Server 2008 SP2 VM using an RDP connection from my iPhone...
2011-11-27
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MS Days 2011 in Albania, Tirana
I would like to write about the tech events in my country and our brother-neighbor Albania, that everyday we are...
2011-11-27
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Hotfix for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 Periodically Does Not Accept Connections Bug
Microsoft has released a hotfix for a very frustrating issue that plagued me for a couple of years at NewsGator. ...
2011-11-26
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Data Loading Performance Guide
Bulk loading with large amounts of data requires strategy. The Data Loading Performance Guide for SQL Server 2008 and SQL...
2011-11-26
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Adelaide SQL Server User Group Slides and Scripts
You can find the slides and scripts from Monday’s Extended Events session for the Adelaide SQL Server User Group in the...
2011-11-25
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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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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