Run T-SQL in Parallel
Writing CLR procedures to run T-SQL concurrently is not an extremely new idea. I have seen a lot of implementations...
2015-12-03
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Run T-SQL in Parallel
Writing CLR procedures to run T-SQL concurrently is not an extremely new idea. I have seen a lot of implementations and I have written and improved it many times...
2015-12-03
18 reads
Print Long String
Quite often, I output information through PRINT command. It works well only when message is shorter than 8000 bytes. When...
2015-11-26 (first published: 2015-11-19)
1,757 reads
Get All Referenced Tables and Columns
I was always challenged when my customers asked me what tables and columns are referenced by a stored procedure which...
2015-11-19
1,589 reads
Get All Referenced Tables and Columns
I was always challenged when my customers asked me what tables and columns are referenced by a stored procedure which was written many years ago by the guy who...
2015-11-19
24 reads
Print Long String
Quite often, I output information through PRINT command. It works well only when message is shorter than 8000 bytes. When the message is greater than 8000 bytes, extra-characters will...
2015-11-19
37 reads
Changed SoundEx Disables Index While Upgrading to SQL 2012
Implementation of SoundEx function is changed in SQL Server 2012, described here. For an example, the result of SOUNDEX(‘Csomorova’) in...
2013-12-17
998 reads
Changed SoundEx Disables Index While Upgrading to SQL 2012
Implementation of SoundEx function is changed in SQL Server 2012, described here. For an example, the result of SOUNDEX(‘Csomorova’) in SQL Server 2012 is C561 whereas the result of...
2013-12-17
22 reads
Create Semaphore in Sybase
It seems like I am going to write another none SQL stuff again. No. This is a real life scenario....
2013-11-07
1,232 reads
Create Semaphore in Sybase
It seems like I am going to write another none SQL stuff again. No. This is a real life scenario. I am writing an ETL for my customer to...
2013-11-07
18 reads
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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