No SQL Saturday - Columbia, SC in 2012
Last week my partner in crime, Bobby Dimmick (blog | twitter) and I sat down for lunch and caught up and...
2011-11-14
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Many-to-Many Dimensions
In SSAS, data structures do not always conform to the snowflake or star schema model where one fact is associated...
2011-11-14
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Create Sparklines in SSRS
When creating a SSRS report, you want to add lines that display trends. Sparklines that were introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2...
2011-11-14
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TSQL Challenge 63 – Update
If you recall, I like Sudoku. I even posted a script for solving it via TSQL. I went so far as to enter my script into a TSQL Challenge....
2011-11-14
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TSQL Challenge 63 – Update
If you recall, I like Sudoku. I even posted a script for solving it via TSQL. I went so far...
2011-11-14
1,040 reads
SQL Server – Error Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line x when using sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats
You run into this error when using sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats DMV on a database which is running under SQL Server 2000 (80)...
2011-11-14
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A Plug for IT Pro Camps
Here is something else that started in Florida (doesn’t everything?), a series of events along the lines of Code Camp...
2011-11-14
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Lists of Words You May Not Know
The Merriam-Webster site has an interesting list of Top 10 Lists, ranging from commonly confused words to things you didn’t...
2011-11-14
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Culture Shock
The work I’m doing right now has nothing to do with SQL Server, and while it deals with technology, it’s...
2011-11-14
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Some SQL Server Security Housekeeping
Managing SQL Server security changes in mass is something which screams automate it. Let’s look a at few examples using...
2011-11-14
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Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
Forums
Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building a SQL Server Fleet...
Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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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