DBA Team Structure – Thoughts From Real Life
I once talked about the DBA team building about 3 years ago, now when I look back, I still believe...
2011-11-20
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Blog Posts
DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 1
This is a continuation of my DBA in Space journal.
In the opening of the first episode of DBA in Space,...
2011-11-18
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Managing By Walking Around
For a long time a core piece of my ‘style’ has been to wander the halls a couple times a...
2011-11-18
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Reference Dimensions
A reference dimension occurs when the key column for the dimension is joined indirectly to the fact table through a...
2011-11-18
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SQL Server – When will my backup finish?
The sys.dm_exec_requests is a great way to find out how long the BACKUP will take to complete. If you are...
2011-11-18
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SQL Server ® 2012 Release Candidate (RC0)
Finally it is here, the SQL Server 2012 RC0 is ready for download, click this link and you’ll be downloading...
2011-11-18
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SSWUG SSIS Expo Slides and Scripts
You can find the slides and scripts from today’s sesson at the SSWUG SSIS Expo, the materials can be downloaded...
2011-11-18
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Thank you
I somehow made the Top 10 Community Choice Bloggers in the SQL Server Magazine 2011 awards (keep scrolling to the...
2011-11-18
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Thank You SQL Saturday 99 Sponsors!
Last Friday, Minnesota had it’s second SQL Saturday event, on a Friday. Hopefully, those that were able to attend had...
2011-11-18
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What's new for SQL Server 2012 courses from Microsoft
I tuned into the Third Thursday sessions for November and wanted to try boiling down the talks to what I...
2011-11-18
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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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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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RegEx Functions IV
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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