Notes on the 2009 MVP Summit
Note: I was working on this at the Summit and then it got lost in the draft folder, so unfashionably...
2009-03-30
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Submit your PASS abstracts now!
Hey, there are probably some other blogs here letting you know that the PASS call for speakers is open right...
2009-03-30
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Until You Know Better…
Stick with the defaults. In fact, as Andy Warren has told me many times, unless you know better and have...
2009-03-30
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Notes on the 2009 Orlando Code Camp
This was an interesting year to watch the local Code Camp. Shawn Weisfeld organized it the previous two years, but...
2009-03-29
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SQLBits a Smashing Success
SQLBits IV was held in Manchester, England, Saturday March 28th, 2009, and was attended by more than 360 attendees. This...
2009-03-29
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Coming Soon: Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring
Coming Soon: Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring
Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring will be the first book dedicated to the subject...
2009-03-29
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Do You Support the Ancient Ones?
Do You Support the Ancient Ones?
Are you still supporting SQL Server 2000? How about 7.0 or 6.5?
Officially, Microsoft support has...
2009-03-29
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Tweet Your Job Away
A great example of how to “Tweet” poorly. This guy got fired before he started work.
Twitter is a series...
2009-03-27
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Featured Blog - Brian Kelley
My friend Brian writes Databases, Infrastructure, and Security and like me, he writes about an eclectic mix that goes beyond...
2009-03-26
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Android v Windows Mobile
I’ve had a number of cell phones in my life, probably more than many people. Typically I’ve just grabbed a...
2009-03-26
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Blogs
PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
Ten Years of PowerShell
Ten years ago today, I filmed a Pluralsight Play by Play on open source...
T-SQL Tuesday #202: 100 Hours
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this is a great prompt to start...
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The Costs of Multiple Platforms
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions II
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') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers