SSIS Naming Conventions 2.0
People who have been working for a while with Integration Services probably know the legendary blog post by SQL Server...
2016-12-13 (first published: 2016-12-02)
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Friday Reading 2016-12-02
Another week almost over so here’s a random selection of articles that I’ve been reading…
Changing the SQL Server port on...
2016-12-02
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I use Elastic database pools – for now
When you have many SQL databases that are required to run your environments and they show signs of specific usage...
2016-12-12 (first published: 2016-12-02)
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Hey Posh, Are My Services Running?–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2016-12-01
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Azure Advisor
Azure Advisor is a really cool personalized recommendation engine that provides you with proactive best practices guidance on High Availability,...
2016-12-01
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Documenting databases
Open any book or article about database development and administration, and I can all but guarantee that you will find...
2016-12-01
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CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs
In this article I’ll show you how to eliminate periodic spikes in the CPU that are caused by the jobs that execute periodically. Figure 1 shows such a situation....
2016-12-01
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CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs
In this article I’ll show you how to eliminate periodic spikes in the CPU that are caused by the jobs that execute periodically. Figure 1 shows such a situation....
2016-12-01
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Problem where you can only browse Google websites
Note: not a SQL/BI related post like usual, but since it’s a common issue I want to share my solution...
2016-12-01
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CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs
In this article I’ll show you how to eliminate periodic spikes in the CPU that are caused by the jobs...
2016-12-01
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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
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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