Scaling Azure VM’s
There are so many benefits to the cloud, but one of the major features is the ease of use in...
2016-04-05
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MongoDB -Calculating Collection Size
Calculating Collection Size
We can get the size of a collections by using the shell’s functions
db.collection.dataSize(): Returns data size in bytes...
2016-04-05
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Views and Simplification
I’ve been getting lots of questions on views lately. Must be something in the water.
Because SQL Server allows you to...
2016-04-05
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SQL Server Service Broker – Conversation Architecture
This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging...
2016-04-05
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Weekly Roundup–SQL Server and Related News
Welcome to this weeks weekly round up of links, SQL Server and other news. Its been a busy week on...
2016-04-05
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SQL Server PerfMon Counters Not Listed in dm_os_performance_counters
Had an issue with a new Azure VM install of SQL Server, but have had this issue in other, older...
2016-04-05
1,514 reads
Locking sa
When I started working with SQL Server, the sa account was “the” account used for admin operations. This was the...
2016-04-04
1,050 reads
Don't Use Delimiters In Your Object Names!
It started with a failed backup status check:
Msg 50000, Level 16, State 1, Line 73
** Backups listed in this file...
2016-04-04
2,287 reads
MongoDB – Calculating Document Size
We can get the size of a document is by using the shell’s Object.bsonsize() function.We pass the object_id of the document...
2016-04-04
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#SQLNewBlogger–Adding Local Accounts
What do you do if you need a process running under Local Service to connect to your SQL Server? Most...
2016-04-04
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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