Dealing with Auditors: Password Settings
Yet again I've seen an audit request where the auditor wants the DBA to show what SQL Server's settings are...
2013-06-19
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Update Your Audit Queries for SQL Server
I was working with an auditor today who is working through a system with an external audit agency. The external...
2013-06-13
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Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Data Encryption
Hitting close to home, SC Governor Nikki Haley noted that after the SC Department of Revenue breach was reported, that the IRS didn't...
2013-06-07
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Why Anti-Virus Offers Limited Protection
Sitting in the first Keynote for the 2013 Techno Security and Forensics Investigation Conference, I was not surprised to hear Kevin...
2013-06-06
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From the 2013 Techno Security Conference - Cloud Computing and Digital Forensics
I'm processing through my notes for the 2013 Techno Security Conference, which is finishing up today with post-cons. Of all...
2013-06-05
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Notes from 2013 Techno Security Conference Tuesday Keynote
There's enough from this morning's 2013 Techno Security and Forensics Investigation Conference to split into multiple blog posts. I'll focus this...
2013-06-04
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SQL Server security webinar series is coming soon!
I've gotten in contact with most of the speakers who submitted SQL Server security talks for the PASS Summit. All...
2013-06-04 (first published: 2013-05-30)
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Notes from the First Day of the 2013 Techno Security Conference
The Techno Security & Forensics Security Conference is held in conjunction with the Mobile Forensic Conference each year in Myrtle Beach,...
2013-06-03
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SQL Saturday Charleston!
Finally.... SQL Saturday has come back to... South Carolina! (with apologies to The Rock)
After the last SQL Saturday in Columbia,...
2013-05-30
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Security and SSIS webinar recording available
If you missed the webinar Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) and I presented today or you had technical difficulties, here's the...
2013-05-29
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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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RegEx Functions IV
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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