Presenting Remotely
Yesterday I presented to the Charlotte SQL Server User's Group. Since I live in Denver, it didn't make a lot...
2009-03-18
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Spring Training, Why Don't We Have Spring Training, and Shock The Monkey
I try to go to a spring training game once or twice a year and it serves as a useful...
2009-03-17
720 reads
Speaking at Events - Logitech Presenter Review
Since I’m doing more speaking this year, I decided to spend a bit of time working on my delivery and...
2009-03-17
937 reads
Notes on the March 11, 2009 Orlando SQL Meeting
We just had our bi-monthly SQL group meeting (www.opass.org) with Kendal Van Dyke presenting The Truth About Disk Performance & Configuration,...
2009-03-16
573 reads
SQLSaturday #12 Date Change
Had a note from Ken Starnes in Portland, the date for SQLSaturday #12 has changed to June 6th (same date...
2009-03-16
595 reads
SQL Server Authentication Modes and Surface Area Test
One of the videos I did for JumpStart TV is up on the front page:
SQL Server Authentication Modes
It is an...
2009-03-16
1,147 reads
The Public Microsoft Bridge
I have to admit, after the news of AIG bonuses over the weekend, this looks bad. In fact, it annoys...
2009-03-16
777 reads
Beta Testers Needed for IT Project, Task and Request Management System
My friend Michael Lato sent me an email asking if I would take a look at his newest venture called...
2009-03-16
513 reads
Google Replication
One of the things that I've struggled with for some time is how to manage my data across multiple machines....
2009-03-16
937 reads
Accessing results in a random order: Towards the automated Thank-you letter
Most of the time, you want to have a SQL result in a particular order. Occasionally you just don't care....
2009-03-16
3,133 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