Vinay Kumar

  • Interests: Hi, I worked with different technologies like C#, ASP.NET, Web services and sql server. But i was fall in love with sql server and became a DBA. I always try to learn something new or recall old stuff. Frankly speaking, i don't think that i am a DBA. Still learning. I like to spend my spare time with my family and friends. Recently, i have stared blogging and improving my writing way. :-). that's all about me. Keep Learning - Keep Growing !!! Thanks Vinay Kumar

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Shrink databases

This procedure is used to shrink the databases. Many times we use shrink option to shrink the databases for backup. and we do it N number of times, when we take the back of databses or make free space of drive.instructions:- Follwo the step.1. run script.2. And execute the statement, exec shrink_databasesI m new, if […]

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2007-06-27

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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.COM
If 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)

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