The Layman’s View of a DBA
I wrote this piece as a guest on Bradmcgehee.com for the DBA in Space competition. Republishing here.
A DBA (Database Administrator)...
2011-12-07
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Blog Posts
What Makes The Perfect DBA Role?
What is it that makes the perfect role for a Database Administrator?
Well I can’t tell you that because you and...
2011-12-07
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Create Drillthrough Reports
Use Actions!
Your user wants a summary report, containing sales for calendar year, for example. When the user clicks on the...
2011-12-06
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DATEADD and variables in SQL
To make the T-SQL function DATEADD more dynamic use variables. The example below , accepts an input parameter , in this case...
2011-12-06
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DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 12
This is a continuation of my DBA in Space journal.
As this scene starts on Lunar Exhibition set, Miss Friday is...
2011-12-06
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December Event Reminder
We are now only two days away from the biggest event of the week!! More accurately though, it is the BIGGEST event for the Las Vegas chapter of...
2011-12-06
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December Event Reminder
We are now only two days away from the biggest event of the week!!
More accurately though, it is the BIGGEST...
2011-12-06
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Excel for the DBA, Part 1–The Basics
This will be a series of handy hints for people that know SQL and are frustrated by Excel. I am...
2011-12-06
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Extended Events - inaccurate_cardinality_estimate
Extended events have been a bit of a personal “Elephant in the room” for me. I know they are there...
2011-12-06
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How to Build a Resume (that doesn’t suck)
Resumes are like opinions, which are like something else: everybody’s got one. And if you don’t have one, then certain...
2011-12-06
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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