TSQL Tuesday #75 Round Up Redux
Okay so I already posted a round up post for this month. You can see it here. Tonight one of...
2016-02-24
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Webinar – SQL Server BI Best Practices
I’ll be giving a webinar for MSSQLTips.com on Thursday March 10, 2016.
The title is SQL Server BI Best Practices and its...
2016-02-24
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Columnstore Indexes – part 77 (“SSIS 2016 & Columnstore”)
Continuation from the previous 76 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
I have written previously about SQL Server...
2016-02-23
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An annoying Bug in the Restore Dialog
Today, thanks to a customer, I discovered one of those annoying little things that can really drive you nuts.
Basically, they were...
2016-03-01 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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SQL Saturday Headshots
This past weekend was SQL Saturday #478 – Albuquerque, and I was happy to have the chance to attend again. I...
2016-02-23
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Monitoring wait stats
This post, like last week’s, is based off the presentation I did to the DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter.
The request was...
2016-02-23
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Monitoring wait stats
This post, like last week’s, is based off the presentation I did to the DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter.
The request was...
2016-03-02 (first published: 2016-02-23)
2,364 reads
Refreshing KPI Data in SSRS 2016
Continuing my blog from last week, Creating KPIs in SQL Reporting Services, I am now going to explain how to...
2016-03-01 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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How is SQL Server using more than the Max Server Memory?
As usual, the pager went off...
"Server is near 100% memory utilization - what is running?"
http://www.starshipearththebigpicture.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/red-alert-picard-300x228.jpgI saw when I signed on that...
2016-02-29 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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Installation of SQL Server (Part 1 - Pre-installation)
I have been wanting to write this for a long time, and finally got time to do it. Which is...
2016-02-29 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
Forums
Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building a SQL Server Fleet...
Split Large Queries in Athena with a Simple Modulo Trick
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Split Large Queries in Athena...
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