2013-12-20
2,370 reads
Steve Jones
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The Challenge of Time Off
It can be a challenge for some people to get away from work. Today Steve Jones gives you some of his advice.
2013-12-19
142 reads
2013-12-19
1,590 reads
Slicing and Dicing
There can be a lot more value when pieces of data are put together than when they exist separately. Steve Jones comments on a few ways people are repackaging information in the modern world.
2013-12-18 (first published: 2009-08-12)
397 reads
Traveling in 2013
It was a busy year for me. As I look back at my speaking CV for 2013, here’s what I...
2013-12-18
809 reads
Powershell in a Month– Day 4 and 5 – Providers
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in...
2013-12-17
1,144 reads
2013-12-17
1,610 reads
Congratulations to our Apology Contest Winners
A congratulations to the winners of our contest last week.
2013-12-16
1,362 reads
Encrypt Everything
Yahoo recently announced they are encrypting their traffic between data centers. Steve Jones thinks we should encrypt all traffic.
2013-12-16
412 reads
Regrets of the Last Decade
After Steve Ballmer shares some of his thoughts on his time as CEO, Steve Jones decided to give a few of his own thoughts.
2013-12-16
201 reads
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