Don’t Fear the Technology
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to be an ever present fear. The technology changes but the fear and the marketing around...
2026-10-05 (first published: 2026-09-22)
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Brian Kelley
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New article – migrating from a named instance
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to migrate to a default instance? Is there pushback on doing so? Are there concerns that...
2026-09-07 (first published: 2026-08-26)
338 reads
Learning Tool – Deepstash
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key ideas, usually 10-12 per book. If I am thinking about reading a book, I check...
2026-08-27
93 reads
Take Time to Gain Perspective
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to gain perspective.
2026-08-24 (first published: 2026-08-14)
403 reads
Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most of the tech news. However, the Stanford Emerging Technology Review tries to include any relevant...
2026-08-19 (first published: 2026-08-04)
401 reads
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad data in production. If you’ve never been in this situation, having a plan beforehand is...
2026-08-17 (first published: 2026-07-30)
448 reads
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview) to find cryptographic weaknesses in two algorithms. However, this doesn't impact anything anyone has in...
2026-08-12 (first published: 2026-07-29)
463 reads
My Social Media Rules
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of self-reflection when I realized I was spending time wastefully arguing with folks on the various...
2026-08-12
178 reads
Excellent article on securing msdb
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's why you should read it if you're a DBA or security professional.
2026-08-11
313 reads
Accept the no and move on
Here is a short emotional intelligence (EI) post for today, courtesy of Seth Godin. When we are rejected, whatever the situation, many of us want to know why. We...
2026-08-10
303 reads
Blogs
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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Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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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