Online, Resumable, and WAIT_AT_LOW_PRIORITY operations in SQL Server
ONLINE operations in SQL Server were simple to understand for years — we got ONLINE index rebuilds in SQL Server 2005. That was it for a while. Then, things...
2019-12-10
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What would you say you do here?
The other day, I was looking back at an excellent blog post my colleague Jamie Wallis wrote about what Product Marketing Managers do at Redgate. I really like the...
2019-12-09
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Installing Redgate SQL Toolbelt with Chocolatey (video with transcript)
Chocolatey is a package manager that helps you install, upgrade, and uninstall packages (applications) on Windows quickly and easily from the command line. Spoilers: The command I show in...
2019-12-02
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My Git CLI Cheat Sheet
I created a cheat sheet for the Git Command Line Interface to go along with my Git tutorial for SQL Change Automation video. I find the Git CLI to...
2019-11-27
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Upcoming Free Webinars on Database Development and Operations
Fall is in swing, and it’s officially webinar season! Here’s a bunch of free events I’ve got on my calendar. Weekly Database DevOps Live Chats – a new experiment...
2019-11-19
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2019-11-16
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2019-11-16
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Links and Resources from “How to Architect Successful Database Changes”
Steve Jones and I had a great time today talking about source control for databases and release patterns for performance and availability in Seattle. We had a great group...
2019-11-06
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2019-11-06
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2019-11-06
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Blogs
PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
Ten Years of PowerShell
Ten years ago today, I filmed a Pluralsight Play by Play on open source...
T-SQL Tuesday #202: 100 Hours
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this is a great prompt to start...
Forums
Stored Procedures for Server-Level Object and Column Search
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Databricks Genie Spaces for SQL Analysts: Natural Language Querying Without Leaving Your Data Platform
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The Costs of Multiple Platforms
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions II
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') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers