Data is Not Always Enough
More data is better, but Steve Jones notes that even that isn't always enough to make decisions count for your organization.
2014-08-11
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Do We Care?
Today’s editorial at SQLServerCental is entitled: We Don’t Care about Data and IT Security. It’s by Brian Kelley (author, blog,...
2014-08-11
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2014-08-08
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Call for Speakers - SQL Saturday Pittsburgh
SQL Saturday #315 in Pittsburgh (Oct 4th) is looking for speakers - if you've got a SQL topic you want to talk about, submit it and you may get to share with your peers.
2014-08-05
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Call for Speakers in Sunny San Diego
If you're in Southern California, you should come to SQL Saturday #340 and speak at their event. If you want a late summer vacation, submit and come enjoy the event.
2014-08-04
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Using Views
Views can be a great way to abstract away details for clients, but they can also make development much more flexible.
2014-08-01
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Quick Tips–SQL Prompt Custom Aliases
I love SQL Prompt, and think it’s a great productivity tool. Even before I worked at Red Gate, I love...
2014-07-30 (first published: 2014-07-24)
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2014-07-29
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Frustration with Bad Design
It can be frustrating to deal with poorly implemented systems, but Steve Jones notes that you can't take things into your own hands.
2014-07-28
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Frustration with Bad Design
It can be very easy for technology experts to get frustrated when they see bad design and practices, but you must be careful with how you go about trying to influence change.
2014-07-28
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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