Quick and Dirty Index Info
From time to time, somebody needs to find some information about the indexes in the database. As DBA’s, there are a few tools at your disposal to look up...
2011-11-01
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Quick and Dirty Index Info
From time to time, somebody needs to find some information about the indexes in the database. As DBA’s, there are...
2011-11-01
741 reads
BI Pyramid (read categories of users in a BI solution)
Purpose of any business intelligence solution is to provide users information and enable them to make intelligent decisions that benefit their...
2011-11-01
825 reads
Fatal Error Emails This Morning…
So every morning I check my email on my phone. Normally, I don’t see any error emails from SQL Server...
2011-11-01
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Backup/restore/checkdb/shrinkfile progress
Have you ever wonderet how long you need to wait for a backup or restore command to complete? If you...
2011-11-01
1,132 reads
Being an Effective DBA Remotely
Do not let the phrase “out of sight, out of mind” apply to you.
As Data Professionals a lot of us...
2011-11-01
1,145 reads
Log file size after backup and restore
Quick summary of the post:
A restoration of a full database backup retains the log file size before restoration.
Now...
2011-11-01
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Four faces of an Employee
Whoever starts their career in any domain/technology, initially they will have two faces.
First face of an employee is to take...
2011-10-31
1,745 reads
Document Your Day
You should be documenting your day, your week, your month, on a regular basis. Take a few minutes when you...
2011-10-31
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Miss SQLBits 9? No problem, all videos are online
All the videos for this popular conference are online or will be soon (48 of them). Take a look at the...
2011-10-31
2,276 reads
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