Why would a SQL Server Professional need an iPhone for work?
In which Phil Factor attempts to justify his iPhones and iPod Touches as a business expense.
Analysis Services Performance Optimization Tips
Over the last few weeks I have focused most of my blog energy into writing a couple articles. So I...
Be Prepared
Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey. The Boy Scouts motto is "be prepared" and most of you probably unconsciously follow that in your daily lives. Why is it that so many of us don't follow through on this same advice with our databases? Grant Fritchey gives a few examples of how you should "be prepared" for a database emergency.
Be Prepared
Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey. The Boy Scouts motto is "be prepared" and most of you probably unconsciously follow that in your daily lives. Why is it that so many of us don't follow through on this same advice with our databases? Grant Fritchey gives a few examples of how you should "be prepared" for a database emergency.
Be Prepared
Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey. The Boy Scouts motto is "be prepared" and most of you probably unconsciously follow that in your daily lives. Why is it that so many of us don't follow through on this same advice with our databases? Grant Fritchey gives a few examples of how you should "be prepared" for a database emergency.
Top 10 steps to optimize data access in SQL Server. Part II (Re-factor TSQLs and apply best practices)
In this article, we are going to focus on writing or refactoring the data access codes using the best practices. But, before we start playing the game, we need to prepare the ground first. So let’s do the groundwork at this very next step:
Windows ReadyBoost in Windows 7
Perhaps you heard of or actually tried Windows ReadyBoost in Windows Vista, and were (like me) disappointed with the results?...
Happy New Year 2010
The first day of 2010 has Steve Jones blooper reel in addition to some well wishes.
Using SSIS to zip files and email the zipped files
I have often needed a means to send zipped files via email. This article shows one method to do just this.
Happy New Year 2010
The first day of 2010 has Steve Jones blooper reel in addition to some well wishes.
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...
Forums
Stored Procedures for Server-Level Object and Column Search
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Databricks Genie Spaces for SQL Analysts: Natural Language Querying Without Leaving Your Data Platform
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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