Reblog: January 10 to January 16
Photo credit – Jenn and Tony Bot
Sometimes old stuff is just as cool as new stuff. Over the past few years,...
2014-01-17
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One More Minute
Ever say “one more minute” while working on something and then realize 30 minutes have gone by? My daughter has...
2014-01-17
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Friday Followup For January 17, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-01-17
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DBA: Guardian of the Data
I was asked recently by Idera to take a look at the things that could cost a DBA their job....
2014-01-17
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Webcast Follow-Up: Necessary Evils, Building Optimized CRUD Procedures
Earlier today, I presented a session for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s titled Necessary Evils, Building Optimized CRUD Procedures. In the...
2014-01-16
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Notes From the January 2014 MagicPass Meeting
I went 30 miles south last night for the first meeting of the year. Extra good night because I was...
2014-01-16
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Removing VS2012 ALL CAPS Menu Items
So by now this is no longer a new issue and not too difficult to find a fix for. However,...
2014-01-16
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PASS Business Analytics Conference discount code
I have previously blogged that I am presenting at the PASS Business Analytics Conference. If you are looking to learn more about...
2014-01-16
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[SQL Snacks Video] Tail Log Backup and Recovery Demo
In December 2013 I presented at a SQL Saturday event in Washington DC. My presentation was about Backup and Recovery...
2014-01-16
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How To Encourage Someone To Run For the PASS Board
Email them, call them, instant message them – pick your preferred method, and send a message that says “I think you’d...
2014-01-16
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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
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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