I wrote a SQL Server auditing whitepaper!
I recently collaborated with Idera to produce a short whitepaper on the top 5 things to audit in SQL Server...
2016-07-27
1,038 reads
Brian Kelley
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Not More Than 16 Characters?!?
Microsoft, you’re killing me. This is the warning I received when typing in a password for Office 365:
I blinked when...
2016-06-16 (first published: 2016-06-10)
4,091 reads
Protecting Against Delete without Where
If I’m doing any manual work with T-SQL, I always begin every set of data change operations with BEGIN TRAN...
2016-06-13 (first published: 2016-06-09)
3,644 reads
A Different Type of Currency
Recently, a member of the community lamented that folks weren’t willing to provide an email address for free training. This...
2016-06-09
452 reads
Sights that just scream, “No!”
I’m at a conference, specifically a security conference. So I looked at the available WiFi connections. Among the conference and hotel specific...
2016-06-07
456 reads
Slides from 2016 Techno Security & Mobile Forensics Conference
I’ve completed both of my presentations at the 2016 Techno Security and Forensics Investigation Conference (#technosecurity). If you were able...
2016-06-07
525 reads
Congrats to MSSQLTips on 10 Years!
MSSQLTips has posted about their 10 years as a resource to the SQL Server community. It’s where I do the...
2016-06-06
562 reads
Stored Procedures and SQL Injection
Why do stored procedures help with security? In this piece, MVP Brian Kelley explains why SQL Injection and information gathering are hampered with stored procedures.
2015-06-12 (first published: 2013-02-18)
21,057 reads
On Software and OS Lifecycle Management
An Important Rule:
If you’re trying to convince someone to your viewpoint, insulting them generally doesn’t work. If it does anything,...
2015-04-30 (first published: 2015-04-17)
5,142 reads
On Automation
I’m a big fan of automation. I’ve been in IT for 27 years now. One unchanging rule during that time...
2015-04-20 (first published: 2015-04-09)
5,073 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