How Many Objects Can Own Pages in a Mixed Extent
I saw an exchange on Twitter this past weekend on the #sqlhelp hash tag about how pages are allocated for...
2015-09-14
666 reads
Robert Davis
- Interests: Poker, computers, reading/writing horror fiction
Oklahoma City User Group Presentation Files
Earlier this week, I got the opportunity to present online for the Oklahoma City SQL Server User Group on SQL...
2015-07-15
726 reads
Error Creating Remote Distributor When Creating a Local Distributor
Recently, I was working on a Peer-to-peer replication automation project. When I switched from my local test servers to some...
2015-04-16
758 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #65 – Overcoming Variable Limitations in SQLCmd Mode
It’s time again for that T-SQL blog party T-SQL Tuesday, and this month’s host is Mike Donnelly (blog|@SQLMD). If you...
2015-04-14
703 reads
Patching Master Data Services
I recently installed my first deployment of Master Data Services (MDS). I installed the SQL Server 2014 (Enterprise Edition) MDS...
2015-04-13
848 reads
Performance Counters: Why It Depends
When you’re working through some vague performance issues (e.g., “SQL Server seems slow today”), one of the common things to...
2014-08-18
1,260 reads
Speaking at SQL PASS Summit 2014
I am honored to be selected to deliver 2 sessions at the SQL PASS Summit 2014. I will be delivering...
2014-06-29
1,327 reads
Size Matters: 2 Products to Accelerate SQL Traffic
I talked previously about network pipelines and how to get the most out of a fat network in the post...
2014-05-07
1,191 reads
Why is Your SQL Server Slow? All-for-one and One-for-all
I have one more thing I want to talk about regarding the conversation I had recently with my friends and...
2014-02-14
1,119 reads
Why is Your SQL Server Slow? Here’s a Hint
I was talking recently with my friends and former colleagues at Idera about the things that slow down SQL Server....
2014-02-11
1,090 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