SQL Saturday 125 OKC
This weekend I traveled three hours north to Oklahoma City to participate in SQL Saturday 125, the second annual event...
2012-08-27
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Blog Posts
The Embarcadero – SQL in the City San Francisco
I love San Francisco. It was one of the cities that I thought I might live in someday. My kids...
2012-08-27
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When Can You Be Considered As A Senior DBA
As a DBA, when can you consider yourself as a senior DBA?
If you read online posts, you will find most...
2012-08-27
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Auto Tweets from SQLSaturday
I was chatting with PASS community pollinator Karla Landrum recently and she asked me my thoughts on the auto tweets...
2012-08-25
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Digging deeper into SQL Server
I’m nowhere near where I needed to be. I am not digging enough. I’m not learning enough. Learning opportunities are...
2012-08-25
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Various Links-August 25, 2012
Great story about a client who didn’t under the different between Skype and Sharepoint – while doing a Sharepoint initiative! It’s...
2012-08-25
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We Need Our Community Leaders to Share Their Views
My friend Jack Corbett returned to blogging recently and one of his comments was not wanting to be the guy...
2012-08-25
1,148 reads
Book Review: Troubleshooting SQL Server A Guide for the Accidental DBA
Over the past few years, Adam and I have won several books at the local MadPASS chapter meetings. I’ve intended...
2012-08-24
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Government and Transparency
I ran across this report that talks about the effectiveness of transparency requirements put in place around the Recovery Act...
2012-08-24
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Mentoring
I’m putting my money where my mouth is, with respect to my last blog post. I am officially a mentor...
2012-08-24
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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
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