Fun with a String
I recently had a friend contact me recently to ask for some help with TSQL. The basic issue is that he had 2 tables. Table 1 has numeric key...
2011-01-06
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Jack Corbett
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Who Should Vote for PASS SQLRally Sessions
Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) asked on Twitter if people who aren’t planning on attending PASS SQLRally should still vote for sessions...
2011-01-05
814 reads
Who Should Vote for PASS SQLRally Sessions
Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) asked on Twitter if people who aren’t planning on attending PASS SQLRally should still vote for sessions on the schedule. My answer is a resounding...
2011-01-05
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PASS SQLRally Update–Voting Pushed Back
In our original plan for PASS SQLRally we had set this week as the week to start voting for sessions. ...
2011-01-04
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PASS SQLRally Update–Voting Pushed Back
In our original plan for PASS SQLRally we had set this week as the week to start voting for sessions. Unfortunately we are having to push back the voting...
2011-01-04
10 reads
Looking Back at 2010
I was “inspired” to write this post after I read some comments on my last post, Reviewing My 2010 Goals,...
2011-01-03
456 reads
Looking Back at 2010
I was “inspired” to write this post after I read some comments on my last post, Reviewing My 2010 Goals, and I read Brent Ozar’s post, Goals? Where we’re...
2011-01-03
8 reads
Reviewing My 2010 Goals
You can go over my goals here. I’ve really hesitated to do this post because, in my opinion, I did...
2010-12-30
1,427 reads
Reviewing My 2010 Goals
You can go over my goals here. I’ve really hesitated to do this post because, in my opinion, I did so poorly. Here’s what I did: Community ...
2010-12-30
12 reads
PASS SQLRally Call For Speakers Update
Well, we have 3 days left in the PASS SQLRally Call for speakers and we are doing well. We have over...
2010-12-13
330 reads
Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
Forums
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