MergUi 0.1.9
What is MergeUi? A Visual Studio Addin to create and edit MERGE statements in SSDT projects.
What have you done? I have released a new version of MergeUi, thanks to...
2015-05-20
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Putting the ORM debate to bed
Hopefully this should put the ORM debate to bed, either use an ORM or don't but please don't access tables...
2015-05-20
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Putting the ORM debate to bed
Hopefully this should put the ORM debate to bed, either use an ORM or don’t but please don’t access tables...
2015-05-20
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Putting the ORM debate to bed
Hopefully this should put the ORM debate to bed, either use an ORM or don’t but please don’t access tables...
2015-05-20
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Coming soon: Minion Backup, featuring table based scheduling!
The MidnightDBA team is announcing the release of a new, free backup solution for SQL Server: Minion Backup arrives on June...
2015-05-20
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Putting the ORM debate to bed
Hopefully this should put the ORM debate to bed, either use an ORM or don't but please don't access tables directly…
There are obviously reasons behind all of this but...
2015-05-20
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SQL Server Virtualization Stairway Level 3 at SQLServerCentral
The third Level in my Stairway to Virtualization series is now live at SQL Server Central! In this Level, we will...
2015-05-20
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SQL Server 2016 public preview arriving this summer
SQL Server 2016 was recently announced. Top new features include:
Always Encrypted protects data at rest and in motion. With Always...
2015-05-20
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Refactoring Mistakes Are Why We Write Tests
I wrote a short piece the other day trying to show how one can use tSQLt to test code. It’s...
2015-05-29 (first published: 2015-05-20)
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SQL F.A.D. – Daily Identity Reset - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 3 minutesSometimes you have to do some things considered pretty strange in your...
The post SQL F.A.D. – Daily Identity...
2015-05-20
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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