Excel BI Tip #26: Using a Data Spreadsheet or Tab
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
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SQL Saturday 392 – Atlanta, GA
Have you been to Atlanta, Georgia ? Nope? Well it’s time you plan that trip and come see me speak May...
2015-04-30
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Elite VMware SQL Server Workshop Wrapup
This past week I had the pleasure of being part of the second SQL Server virtualization workshop held by VMware....
2015-04-30
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Utilizing the power of table parameters to reduce IO, improve performance, decrease pollution, and achieve world peace…
I was dealing with a challenging dynamic sql procedure that allowed a .NET app to pass in a list of...
2015-04-30
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Spinach and Database Development- SQLSatExeter Keynote
Last weekend, we held our SQL Saturday event in Exeter. It was a brilliant event for many reasons but we...
2015-04-30
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Azure SQL Database Elastic Scale Part 2 - The Shard Map Manager Database
Azure SQL Database Elastic Scale Part 2 - The Shard Map Manager Database
MAY 1, 2015
In my last post, I discussed some of the concepts around Sharding and how we...
2015-04-30
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Azure SQL Database Elastic Scale Part 2 - The Shard Map Manager Database
Azure SQL Database Elastic Scale Part 2 - The Shard Map Manager DatabaseMAY 1, 2015
In my last post, I discussed some...
2015-04-30
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Finding Locks on Tables
Recently I needed to find a stored procedure that was creating a lock on a table and updating the table regularly. So my starting point was the table name,...
2015-04-30
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Altering a column to add NOT NULL
I had to do this recently and needed to look up the syntax as I couldn’t remember it. I don’t...
2015-04-29
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PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
Ten Years of PowerShell
Ten years ago today, I filmed a Pluralsight Play by Play on open source...
T-SQL Tuesday #202: 100 Hours
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It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this is a great prompt to start...
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The Costs of Multiple Platforms
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions II
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') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers