SQL Server Needs Tempdb
I saw a post recently where someone noted they had moved tempdb like this:
USE master;
GO
ALTER DATABASE tempdb
MODIFY FILE (NAME = tempdev,...
2013-07-15
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Steve Jones
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The Desktop
Steve Jones talks about laptops and desktop machines, and the potential issues that IT professionals have with one or the other.
2013-07-15
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2013-07-15
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The Vacation Struggle
It can be hard to take all your time off each year and Steve Jones is in that situation right now. However he reminds us that life is more important than work.
2013-07-12
157 reads
Two Weeks until SQL Saturday #222 in Sacramento
It’s just two weeks until my next trip. It feels like I just got back from London, and one again...
2013-07-12
987 reads
2013-07-12
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Test Your Restores
Test your restores: he first tip in my Hard Earned Lessons of a DBA piece.
I can’t emphasize this enough. I’ve...
2013-07-11
834 reads
Programming
Programming is an important skill, perhaps extremely important for the future. Steve Jones thinks that's true.
2013-07-10
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Reporting on Data
Reporting is an important skill for many data professionals. Steve Jones has a few things you might consider working on as a data professional.
2013-07-09
274 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #44–Second Chances
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again. This is the monthly blog party, started by Adam Machanic. If you’d like to participate,...
2013-07-09
1,083 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