SYS.PARTITIONS: Better Than X-Ray Vision
Originally posted 2011-09-09 21:27:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Over the past few months, I’ve been doing a lot of work...
2013-11-19 (first published: 2013-11-09)
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SSAS– Resolving target machine actively refused
I always wanted to have my hands on SSAS, SSIS and SSRS as I always feel short-hand in these areas....
2013-11-08
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Friday Followup for November 8th, 2013
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2013-11-08
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"Failover Partner" keyword in connection string - Q&A
1. How to connect client to a Database Mirroring Session with failover aware
A: add FailoverPartner keyword in the connection string,...
2013-11-08
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Reblog: November 1 to November 7
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...
2013-11-08
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What If Someone Tampered with the Process?
I’m a big fan of automation. Automation means I can do more. Automation means I eliminate the mundane stuff to...
2013-11-08
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My SQLrally Session about how to measure Index Impact Changes
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During the...
2013-11-08
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MDX+SSRS #33 – Retrieve manager’s key and fully-qualified member name
A co-worker recently worked on a SSRS report and wanted to use a specific manager’s team for testing. The Manager...
2013-11-18 (first published: 2013-11-08)
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What If Someone Tampered with the Process?
I’m a big fan of automation. Automation means I can do more. Automation means I eliminate the mundane stuff to...
2013-11-08
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Restore Script from Backup Directory – Modified
As a DBA your job is to protect the data, whether that be from corruption, attack, developers or any other...
2013-11-07
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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