The New Public Speaking
The need to transition to virtual speaking engagements is not easy for me. As someone who loves public speaking and delivering in person training, not being able to do...
2020-04-29
20 reads
Daily Coping 29 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-29
24 reads
SKLearn – Python
4 Steps: Import Class: or from sklearn.linear model import logistic regression instantiate / estimates or logreg=logistic regression Fit model with data [ Model Training ] logreg.fit(x,y) Predict response: logreg.predict(x)
2020-04-28
45 reads
Clustered Index Key – Natural or Surrogate?
This article will follow a practical approach to choose the right candidate for clustered index. It'll investigate through the best practices recommended for clustered index, with the help of...
2020-05-13 (first published: 2020-04-28)
870 reads
Daily Coping 28 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-28
34 reads
Checking for SQL Server Updates with dbatools
It turns out I was doing this all wrong for months. For the longest time, I’ve been checking my SQL Server instances to see what needs patching with Test-DbaBuild...
2021-04-26 (first published: 2020-04-28)
966 reads
Installing SQL Server 2019 on Azure VM
Unfortunately, this is not an on-premises SQL Server install because I do not have the right operating system available for SQL Server 2019, which includes the below: Windows 2016...
2020-04-28
67 reads
Checking for SQL Server Updates with dbatools
It turns out I was doing this all wrong for months.
For the longest time, I’ve been checking my SQL Server instances to see what needs patching with Test-DbaBuild from...
2020-04-28
86 reads
ML Models
In this series I would be talking mostly about Python and R, we would understand the different ML model supported in Python. Python is a great open source language...
2020-04-27
27 reads
SSDT: Scripting static data from SQL Server (video)
Out of the box, SSDT covers objects on a database level, like tables, stored procedures, views, functions, etc. That means schema only. In many cases, there is a need...
2020-04-27
115 reads
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
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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
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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