It's not you; it's us
Mirrored from http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/101894/
By now I expect this news is no longer new: the MCM, MSA, and renamed versions of those...
2013-09-04
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Replicated Stored Procedure Execution
One feature that many of my clients are unaware of is that the batched execution of a stored procedure can be...
2013-09-04
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An Exit Becomes the Next Entrance
If you live life in the manner that I do, life is all about change and self-improvement. To me, life...
2013-09-03
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SQL – Find CPU,Memory,Connections, VLF’s,I/O of all the Databases
Find CPU, Memory, No Of Connections/databases and VLF’s and I/O details in one single script.
You just need to run the...
2013-09-03
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Retiring of the MCM Certifications, Part II
Image acquired from Twitter
In my recent blog post on “Retiring of the MCM Certifications”, there is a link to a...
2013-09-03
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #47
It’s Tuesday, it’s time for weekly round-up #47. As an introduction, if you follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the...
2013-09-03
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Introduction to Integrity: Interpreting DBCC CHECKDB Results
I want to start a short 6 post series to serve as an introduction to integrity in SQL Server. Most...
2013-09-03
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Cumulative Update – 8 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 8th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the...
2013-09-03
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Skills I Used Last Week
Ever thought about what your average week looks like? What are the real core skills your environment uses every day...
2013-09-09 (first published: 2013-09-03)
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Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” today at 11am CST for the PASS DBA Fundamentals...
2013-09-03
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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