Getting Started With Power BI Desktop: Getting Data
Now that the Power BI Desktop is installed, let’s get some data. As of this writing, Power BI can get...
2015-09-01 (first published: 2015-08-19)
2,647 reads
SSMS’s Clipboard Manager
The other day Richie Rump (b/t) mentioned something called a clipboard manager on twitter. I’ll admit I had to ask...
2015-08-28 (first published: 2015-08-19)
2,823 reads
Live Query Statistics
The objective of this post is to introduce the new feature in SQL Server 2016 called Live Query Statistics. This option...
2015-08-27 (first published: 2015-08-19)
2,726 reads
Why You Should Care About Microsoft APS and Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Last week, I gave a presentation about SQL Server’s data warehouse capabilities, and specifically about APS (Analytics Platform System) and...
2015-08-19
1,137 reads
I don't use the Visual Studio SSDT Publish
I see questions pretty regularly on stack overflow and the ssdt msdn forum that is some variation on "I am...
2015-08-19
879 reads
I dont use the Visual Studio SSDT Publish
I see questions pretty regularly on stack overflow and the ssdt msdn forum that is some variation on “I am...
2015-08-19
44 reads
I dont use the Visual Studio SSDT Publish
I see questions pretty regularly on stack overflow and the ssdt msdn forum that is some variation on “I am...
2015-08-19
40 reads
I dont use the Visual Studio SSDT Publish
I see questions pretty regularly on stack overflow and the ssdt msdn forum that is some variation on “I am doing a publish through visual studio and it doesn't...
2015-08-19
11 reads
Columnstore Indexes – part 63 (“Parallel Data Insertion”)
Continuation from the previous 62 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
Data Loading is one of the most...
2015-08-19
796 reads
Create a SQL Azure Database–Old Portal
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2015-08-18
1,012 reads
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...
Smart AI Agents and Data Security
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Smart AI Agents and Data...
RegEx Functions IV
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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