Interviewing a DBA
I’m not a fan of trivia style interview questions. Yes, I ask a few because you have to in order...
2012-09-26 (first published: 2012-09-24)
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Blog Posts
Log File Full–Availability Group Database
I run into an interesting issue with an Availability Group database recently. I was running a data load against a...
2012-09-26
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One More Reason for Portable Applications
I bet most of us don’t think about installing software that we need/want to try. We’re either running as local...
2012-09-26
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OVER() clause two simple ways on two different days
I’ve been aware of this clause in TSQL for a long time, but I’ve never really used it. Mainly because...
2012-09-26
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Participate in the PASS Election Process
Once again it is time for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Board of Directors election. This year there...
2012-09-26
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Running a document database on Sql Server
Running a document database on Sql Server.
Since Microsoft is slow to come out with a product of their own to...
2012-09-26
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SP_HELPTEXT showing old Store Procedure name after rename, is it a Bug?
Question : Today morning, I received a call from one of my old friend, with an query for SQL Server. He...
2012-09-26
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SQL Server: Part 4 : Approaching Database Server Performance Issue
In the last three parts, we have discussed about different queries that can be used to list the current state...
2012-09-26
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T-SQL Window Functions on LessThanDot and at SQL Saturday 149
I recently completed a series of blog posts on www.lessthandot.com on T-SQL Window functions. The enhancements to SQL Server 2012...
2012-09-26
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WIT Wednesday
On the fourth Wednesday of each month, the Women in Technology Virtual Chapter of PASS has its monthly conference call...
2012-09-26
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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
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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RegEx Functions II
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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