More Notes on the Updated SQLSaturday Web Site
A few things I had sitting in my draft folder:
Privacy policy has not updated since May 2009. I’d like to...
2015-05-13
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Azure Data Lake
At the recent Microsoft Build Developer Conference, Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie announced the Azure Data Lake. It is a...
2015-05-13
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SQL F.A.D. – Average Transactions Per Day - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 2 minutesSometimes Fast & Dirty is OK. Other times, not so much. Sometimes...
The post SQL F.A.D. – Average Transactions Per...
2015-05-25 (first published: 2015-05-13)
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SQLSaturday#380 NYC Presents The Speaker Schedule
We're a little under 3 weeks away from what is sure to be the biggest and best Big Apple SQLSaturday...
2015-05-13
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Creating a SQL Agent Job Wrapper with PowerShell and SMO
Some Background
“Is there any way to start a SQL Agent job using a script or program?”
I’ve seen this question asked...
2015-05-22 (first published: 2015-05-13)
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How to Find Objects that Contain a Certain String in SQL Server
Let’s say you remember a piece of code you need to optimize or take a look at, but you don’t...
2015-05-13
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ASP.NET 5 On OS X : Getting Started
This post is part of a series of posts on ASP.NET 5 the series index can be found here ASP.NET...
2015-05-13
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SQL Server Reference Architecture on SimpliVity
Recently, I was able to help SimpliVity work to develop a reference architecture document for running resource-intensive SQL Server virtual machines on...
2015-05-13
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TSQL Tuesday #66: Monitoring
If a user is going to call me about problem, I’d much rather know about it ahead of time. In...
2015-05-21 (first published: 2015-05-12)
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Monitoring SQL Server
Welcome to the fabulous world of blog parties, SQL Server and what has been the longest running SQL Server related meme in the blogosphere – TSQLTuesday. This month we...
2015-05-12
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building a SQL Server Fleet...
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