Heads I win, Tails You Lose
Imagine going to a casino with $100 dollars to gamble. As you enter, you notice a vending machine that sells...
2009-03-22
638 reads
Grinding
I've been amazed at the amount of content that I am getting at SQLServerCentral. So far, in 2009, I've received...
2009-03-20
640 reads
Kindle – DCMA Invocation
I’m not sure how I feel about Amazon invoking the DCMA clause to prevent other e-books from being read on...
2009-03-20
993 reads
I've been slowly looking at and experimenting with LinkedIn to see if it has value and if so, how to...
2009-03-19
921 reads
Audi A4 Production
I found a cool video on the 37 Signals blog that showed the Audi A4 production process. It’s relatively low...
2009-03-19
785 reads
Combining SQL Server & Flash Technologies - Floor Plan example
Starting the summer 2002, for about a year or so, the team and I embarked on a project to develop business...
2009-03-19
987 reads
SQL Server Disasters
I joined in late to a conference call this morning from Quest where a number of their experts were talking...
2009-03-19
1,074 reads
SQL Saturday #14 - Pensacola
I committed today to attend SQL Saturday #14 in Pensacola on June 6, 2009. I'll be giving The Modern Resume...
2009-03-19
581 reads
Changes to Visual Studio Magazine
I was browsing the March 2009 issue of Visual Studio Magazine today and found that it's changing again. It's been...
2009-03-19
785 reads
Live Mesh Update
I tend to work with a fair number of documents in my job. Between articles that are sent to me,...
2009-03-18
1,134 reads
Blogs
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Let's Talk Certifications, which is...
Force join by longest possible choice
Title pretty much says it. I want to join to a table that has...
Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building a SQL Server Fleet...
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