How to create a database on a network share
If for any reason you need to place the database on a network share and by default this option is...
2015-10-12
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Columnstore Indexes – part 68 (“Data Loading, Delta-Stores & Vertipaq Compression Optimisation”)
Continuation from the previous 67 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blog post is focusing on some...
2015-10-11
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Hekaton Part 8 - Hash Collisions - Hash_Index_Stats DMV
Continuing from previous post , this post will discuss a few scenarios on hash collisions.
The following "in memory" table with a hash...
2015-10-11
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SQL Saturday #453–Minnesota 2015–A Window Into Your Data
Thanks for attending my session on window functions in TSQL. I hope you learned something you can take back and...
2015-10-10
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Indexed views on any core SQL server edition-The video
A few months back I created a blog post showing that you can indeed create and use indexed views on any core SQL server edition. It has proved to...
2015-10-10
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Indexed views on any core SQL server edition-The video
A few months back I created a blog post showing that you can indeed create and use indexed views on...
2015-10-10
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Indexed views on any core SQL server edition–The video
A few months back I created a blog post showing that you can indeed create and use indexed views on...
2015-10-10
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SQL server encryption – Certificates
In the previous blogs we saw how to encrypt data using symmetric and asymmetric keys. We saw how to use...
2015-10-10
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SQL server encryption – Asymmetric Keys
In the previous blog we learnt about symmetric key encryption. We also learnt through an example how data is stored...
2015-10-10
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SQL server encryption – Symmetric Keys
In the previous blog we learnt about encryption and a brief about the SQL server option provided for data protection...
2015-10-10
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Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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RegEx Functions IV
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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