SSRS – Using Lookup Function for Multiple Column Join
When SQL Server 2008 R2 was released several new Reporting Services expressions were made available that would help join multiple...
2012-07-27
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Blog Posts
A Quick Guide to Expanding Database Files and IFI
This is a topic that’s been well covered, but in the interest of spreading good database practices, here’s a very...
2012-07-26
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Capacity considerations while moving SQL workloads to a Virtual world !
One of the most basic capacity considerations involved while planning to move SQL workloads to a virtual environment is to understand the...
2012-07-26
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Joining on NULLs
A problem I see on a fairly regular basis is that of dealing with NULL values. Specifically here, where we...
2012-07-26
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Last Call For Speakers for SQLSaturday Orlando
Our call for speakers for SQLSaturday #151 in Orlando closes on July 31, 2012. We’ve got room for a handful...
2012-07-26
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Retrieving Deadlock Graphs with Event Notification
Checkout my article (i.e. Retrieving Deadlock Graphs with Event Notification) that is published on SSWUG.org. This article shows the steps...
2012-07-26
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Working at Home Tips for Erin
A friend of mine, Erin Stellato (blog | @erinstellato) is about to change jobs. She’ll go from working in an office...
2012-07-26 (first published: 2012-07-23)
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Cross-Post: Set Milestones for Little Victories
This seemed appropriate to cross-post from Goal Keeping DBA given the editorial for today:
One of the first pieces of advice...
2012-07-25
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DevConnections – Fall 2012
This fall is the DevConnections SQL Server Connections conference in Las Vegas again. It’s at the Bellagio, setting for one...
2012-07-25
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Fortune Cookie Marketing
I took a break from work today to look in on an informal event a friend was hosting at his...
2012-07-25
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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...
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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