Internal Outsourcing
We'll all heard about or lived with outsourcing, and hopefully we know it's good and bad. Outsourcing the janitorial services...
2009-04-22
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Day of DotNutNuke in Tampa on June 13, 2009
My friend Will Strohl is managing the Day of DNN on June 13, 2009 at the Microsoft office in Tampa....
2009-04-22
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Behind Every Great Restore is a Great Backup
Behind Every Great Restore is a Great Backup
I showed you how to do a database backup with powershell a few...
2009-04-22
2,523 reads
Thoughts on SSC Blog Site Improvement
I have been reading blogs from various sources, such as blogs on SSC, and on sqlblog.com etc. However on all...
2009-04-22
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Human Data Quality
Disclaimer: I read and speak one language, having failed pretty well at learning Latin, Spanish, and then Japanese in my...
2009-04-22
1,070 reads
Catalog View: sys.sql_logins
When it comes to logins to SQL Server, there are basically 3 types:
SQL Server-based loginsWindows user accountsWindows security groupsThe latter...
2009-04-22
6,939 reads
PASS Connector Editorial for April 22, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-04-22
572 reads
Brand <> Reputation?
I was reading a book recently and it equated brand with reputation. My first thought was "aha", that brand is...
2009-04-21
1,031 reads
SQLSaturday #14 in Pensacola Update
Karla just emailed that the schedule is set, details at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/schedule.aspx, but to save you time here are the speakers...
2009-04-21
627 reads
Register A Server More Than Once In SSMS
In yesterday's post about using SQL 2008 Express as a Central Management Server I mentioned that you can't register a...
2009-04-21
558 reads
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...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Let's Talk Certifications, which is...
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Smart AI Agents and Data...
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