2013-09-02
93 reads
Steve Jones
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2013-09-02
2,519 reads
Great IT Shops
Do you work in a great IT shop? Steve Jones talks about some of the things that make one and wonders if you feel you work at a great company.
2013-08-30 (first published: 2009-01-07)
367 reads
The Value of Your Time
DBAs are expensive, so isn't their time valuable? Are you aware of what you cost the company and use your time wisely? Steve Jones talks a bit about how to choose on what you should be working.
2013-08-29 (first published: 2009-02-18)
338 reads
I have a dream
It seems fitting with the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech that I would write about...
2013-08-28
1,052 reads
Stunned
The comment from one person has Steve Jones stunned today. He discusses the value of diversity and what we can do in the community.
2013-08-28
1,113 reads
Lost in the Noise
Can a honeypot provide you with more security? It's an interesting idea from Steve Jones today that might help you detect, and respond, to security events.
2013-08-27
147 reads
Physical Security
The physical security of our systems might be a bigger problem in the future as more and more hackers are finding ways into secure areas.
2013-08-26
163 reads
The Third Evolution
Steve Ballmer is retiring in the next year and Microsoft needs to find a new CEO. Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2013-08-26
118 reads
Decisions, Decisions. Fall Events
I was looking over my travel calendar this fall, and I’m somewhat amazed at the variety of events that are...
2013-08-23
1,146 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