How to output from invoke-sqlcmd to Powershell variable
Sorry for another Powershell post but I’ve been doing a lot of it recently and coming up with (what i...
2012-02-03
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Blog Posts
Magazines I Read This Year
In December I went through my current magazine list and made some changes, mostly based on what I had been...
2012-02-03
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Pragmatic Works Has Balls...SQLBalls
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54296260@N05/6036813377/
That is right Dear Reader, I am making the jump, Starting Monday February 6th I will be a Sr. Consultant...
2012-02-03
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Re-blog – January 27 – February 2
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2012-02-03
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Recovery Modals in SQL Server
Being a SQL Server DBA, one should be able to understand how many recovery modals do we have in SQL...
2012-02-03
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2012-02-03
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Slowly Changing Dimensions
When designing a data warehouse, how you handle changes to dimensional data over time is the most important decision to make. It...
2012-02-03
1,236 reads
Speaking for Baton Rouge UGs and SQL Lunch Next Week
I have been quiet over the past year trying to get acclimated to my new job and my new found work...
2012-02-03 (first published: 2012-02-02)
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Verifying Last Successful CheckDB with Powershell and SMO - sorta
A few years ago, I wrote a script that was published on SQLServerCentral.com about how to verify the last successful...
2012-02-03
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A Script A Day - Day 2 - Database Mail Troubleshooting
Today's script is a collection of simple queries I have saved for a time when I need to troubleshoot database...
2012-02-02
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Blogs
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
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Let's Talk Certifications
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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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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