Presenting at the kickoff Lynchburg Va SQL User Group meeting
There’s a new SQL Server user group starting up over in Lynchburg, VA. It’s first meeting is February 27, 2014...
2014-02-17
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Wayne Sheffield
- Website: http://www.waynesheffield.com
T-SQL Tuesday #51: Is this a bet worth making?
On the second Tuesday of each month, the SQL Server universe all comes together to blog about a topic. Known...
2014-02-14 (first published: 2014-02-11)
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Transaction Isolation Levels
An examination into how the various transaction isolation levels affect locking (and blocking)
2014-02-13
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SQL Prompt – new features in version 6.x
I’ve been using SQL Prompt for years. In September 2013, version 6 was released (quickly followed by 6.1 in late...
2014-01-31 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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Assumptions and clusters – the double whammy
I was recently investigating an issue that stemmed from a database being in the recovery_pending state. A quick investigation through...
2014-01-20
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TSQL Tuesday #50 – Automation – Verifying the Backup Chain
I was recently just letting my mind wander. As it’s prone to do, all sorts of things just entered into...
2014-01-14
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Interview Questions – what to ask the company interviewing you
Previously, I posted a list of interview questions that I ask job candidates. This post is about the questions that...
2014-01-10 (first published: 2014-01-06)
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Are CHECKSUMs being performed with a Compressed Backup?
Now, why in the world would I be asking a question like this?
Well, in BOL (BACKUP) is this little blurb:
CHECKSUM
Specifies...
2014-01-06 (first published: 2013-12-30)
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Creating templates for use in BIDS (SQL Spackle)
Learn how to create and use templates in BIDS in this short SQL Spackle article.
2013-12-30 (first published: 2011-04-21)
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Locking, Blocking and Deadlocking
Introduction into Locking, Blocking and Deadlocks in SQL Server, and why SQL Server uses these actions.
2013-11-18
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Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
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Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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RegEx Functions IV
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions IV
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', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers