Adventures with NOLOCK
Some of the beauty of being a database professional is the opportunity to deal with our friend NOLOCK. For one reason...
2015-06-25 (first published: 2015-06-15)
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Columnstore Indexes – part 56 (“New DMV’s in SQL Server 2016”)
Continuation from the previous 55 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
Before starting to dive into the specific...
2015-06-15
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SQL Server 2016 – Stretch Databases
One of the feature I’ve been interested in that’s coming with SQL Server 2016 is the stretched database. The ability...
2015-06-15
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SQL Server 2016 – Stretch Databases
One of the features I’ve been interested in that’s coming with SQL Server 2016 is the stretched database. The ability...
2015-06-25 (first published: 2015-06-15)
5,558 reads
Rename a database
Renaming a database isn’t something you do frequently but it does have bit of a gotcha. First of all let’s...
2015-06-15
610 reads
Handling No Data in SSRS Controls
When SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) successfully renders a given report control (i.e. Table, Matrix, List etc.), the result set can...
2015-06-24 (first published: 2015-06-15)
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Sysmail_help_principalprofile_sp – SQL Server Database Mail Stored Procedure – Part 10
Hi friends, in this blog of SQL Server database mail stored procedure we will continue with another database mail stored...
2015-06-15
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Keep it short
I have been thinking about resumes a great deal lately. Since I recently passed the Bar Exam, I have been...
2015-06-14
566 reads
SQL Server Permissions and Security Principals at Houston SQL Saturday 2015
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation on SQL Server Permissions and Security Principals this morning at Houston SQL Saturday...
2015-06-13
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Sysmail_add_principalprofile_sp – SQL Server Database Mail Stored Procedure – Part 9
Hi friends, in this blog of SQL Server Database mail stored procedure we will continue with another database mail procedure sysmail_add_principalprofile_sp....
2015-06-13
495 reads
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The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
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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