HP DL980…now this is a server!
I have been fortunate the past few months to be working on a HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Server. This is...
2012-01-13
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Blog Posts
Moving Database Files and Replication
Today’s post is a quick one as I am a bit under the cosh.
There are many ways to move database...
2012-01-13
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Re-blog – January 6 – January 12
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2012-01-13
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Bloopers from Dec 2012
The raw ones from podcasts in late Nov and Dec 2011.
Dec 2011 Bloopers
Filed under: Blog Tagged: Humor, syndicated
2012-01-12
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Database Mirroring From SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU3
I recently ran into a production instance of SQL Server 2005 SP2 (Build 3042) that is running in a two...
2012-01-12
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DBAs@Midnight 6 week roundup
We’ve been awfully busy these last few weeks, what with holidays and work and whatnot. But that hasn’t stopped us...
2012-01-12
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Fragmented Index – Rebuild or Reorganize ?
Introduction
In past, many times I have written on Fragmentation of Indexes and how to Defrag them. You can find some...
2012-01-12
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Missing Indexes
SQL Server has means built into it to track possible missing indexes. This used to be found through the use of the Index Tuning Wizard. The process has improved...
2012-01-12
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Scaling SQL Server Presentation from SQLSaturday #104 Precon
On Friday, January 6, 2012, I got the opportunity to present an expanded version of my “Scaling SQL Server” presentation...
2012-01-12
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SQL Server – Logical Disk Read Bytes/sec and disk io
In the SAN environment , the Logical Disk Performance objects counters monitor the logical partitions.
I use the Logical Disk Read Bytes/sec ...
2012-01-12
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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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Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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RegEx Functions IV
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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