The dark side of Fn_dump_dblog
I want to show you what happens when you keep using the undocumented fn_dump_dblog function. (For example if you are...
2016-10-24 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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Centralized Management Server 101
Registered Servers
I've used Central Management Server registered servers in SSMS for primarily one purpose, saving connections. 🙂 This is definitely not...
2016-10-16
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Centralized Management Server 101
Registered Servers
I've used Central Management Server registered servers in SSMS for primarily one purpose, saving connections. 🙂 This is definitely not...
2016-10-24 (first published: 2016-10-16)
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Do you know Compress & Decompress function in SQL SERVER 2016 ?
This is another article in the series of SQL SERVER 2016 Journey . I am pretty much sure you might aware...
2016-10-16
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Here Come New Ideas for DROP IF EXISTS in SQL SERVER
In the Series of SQL SERVER 2016 journey, this is our new article. In this article, we are sharing a...
2016-10-15
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Process Compatibility Level 1200 SSAS Tabular Model from SSIS 2014
A client wanted to upgrade their SSAS model to SSAS 2016 to take advantage of some of the features of...
2016-10-21 (first published: 2016-10-14)
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Thursday Night Networking Dinner Meetup at Summit 2016
This year PASS announced that Thursday night would be an open night at the PASS Summit, with no events scheduled....
2016-10-18 (first published: 2016-10-14)
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Searching SQL Servers & Saving Results, with Write-SqlTableData
The other day I was chatting with my friend Tom Roush ( B | T ) and he mentioned needing to scan every database on every SQL Server instance...
2016-10-14
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Searching SQL Servers & Saving Results, with Write-SqlTableData
Just a quick blog today to show you something which is possible with a handful of lines of code. I...
2016-10-14
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Mastering Index – Unique Index
This article is the part of series Mastering Index, in this particular article we will be exploring Unique Index. Take a...
2016-10-14
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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...
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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