Launch of YouTube Video Channel
Dear Friends We are launching the YouTube Channel “Decode ITES”. Decode ITES will be sharing technical videos over multiple IT infra skills like SQL Server, Postgres, Oracle, Windows, Public...
2020-04-24
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SQL Server Learning Series
Dear Friends Apologies for less knowledge sharing articles for a long time and Big thanks for stay connected with me. I will be coming up with the “SQL Server...
2020-04-24
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Stacking Up Datasets in Azure Data Factory
(2020-Apr-24) Using UNION SQL operator is a very common practice to combine two or more datasets together, it helps to create a single result set from many sourcing ones. Azure Data...
2020-05-05 (first published: 2020-04-24)
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Live Stairways Day 1 Homework
I recorded my first class for the Live Stairways – Learning DAX and Power BI. My apologies for anyone that wanted to join. We had an error in the...
2020-04-23
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Daily Copying 23 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...
2020-04-23
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New Pluralsight Course – Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure
My new course “Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! ...
2020-04-23
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New Pluralsight Course – Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure
My new course “Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! This course...
2020-04-23
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New Pluralsight Course – Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure
My new course “Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! This course...
2020-04-23
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IRL #7: Test Restores and CheckDB
My Pluralsight course for new SQL Server DBAs Problem: My client asked me for a way to automate test restores and CheckDB either ad hoc or on a schedule,...
2020-04-29 (first published: 2020-04-23)
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SQL Prompt Fixes Always Have an Else
SQL Prompt is a fantastic coding aid, but it does more than format your code and provide intellisense. Over time, the team has enhanced SQL Prompt to also guide...
2020-05-05 (first published: 2020-04-22)
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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