SQL Server – Understanding ‘Agent XPs’ Server Configuration Option
Today we got an escalation where on one of the servers ‘Agent XPs’ was in a disabled state. And when...
2012-09-19
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Blog Posts
To the cloud!
This last year or so I have been backing up my important files to cloud. I started using SkyDrive and...
2012-09-19
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Upcoming speaking engagements
Ayyyy, matey being that today is the International Speak Like a Pirate Day I thought it was appropriate to post some future...
2012-09-19
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Upgrade SQL Server 2005 Full-Text Catalog to SQL Server 2012……By Backup & Restore…….Part 1 of 2
Upgrading fulltext data from a SQL Server 2005 database to SQL Server 2012 by restoring a database backup.
The full database...
2012-09-19
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What I Expect From 24 Hours Of Pass
24 Hours of Pass is tomorrow. If you haven’t registered yet, now is a good time.
I expect to:
Have little to no...
2012-09-19
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X-XMLA: vi. Processing and Out-of-Line Bindings in XMLA
In this post, I will progressively go through processing a partition from full process, to incremental process, and finally to...
2012-09-19
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Your Boss Wants You To Be Better at X
Imagine that you use a piece of software as part of your work, but it’s not what you consider the...
2012-09-19
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24 Hours of PASS: Hosting Rod Colledge–BI in Sharepoint
The Virtual Chapters of PASS are asked to host sessions during this Fall’s 24 Hours of PASS preview for the...
2012-09-18
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Clients Love The Way I Jiggle
It’s one of the most enjoyable things about being a consultant.
I’m not talking about my suspect dance moves here. I’m...
2012-09-18
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Funny results from OPTIMIZE FOR AD HOC WORKLOADS
I recently turned on OPTIMIZE FOR AD HOC WORKLOADS for the first time on one of my servers. When I...
2012-09-18
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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