Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed
A few weeks ago one of our clustered server nodes blue-screened and when it came back on SQL refused to start. I started digging in and this is what...
2011-11-09
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Blog Posts
SQL Inspiration 3-days away! Last Chance! Registration CLOSING TODAY!!
Happy, Wednesday folks! We're 3-days away from SQLInspiration, and that is the event we've been reading about for some months...
2011-11-09
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SQL University: Advanced Indexing – Filtered Indexes
Welcome back to day 2 of Advanced Indexing. Today we’re going to look at a feature that was added in...
2011-11-09
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Top 5 Third Party Quotes
Unless you’ve worked in a vacuum the likelyhood is that you either are a third company or you have many...
2011-11-09
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Why does my SSIS package run slower in BIDS than DTEXEC?
If you have been creating SSIS packages in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) for any length of time, you have...
2011-11-09
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A view has no data
I have seen quite a few posts and questions lately from people that are trying to change the data in...
2011-11-08
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Column alias in order by and where
If you ever wonder why column alias can be used in order by and not in where clause, it’s the...
2011-11-08
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CONVERT Dates and Confusion
Right I've been itching to post another Blog and actually contribute something this time. This isn't something I've learned but something I've taught many...
2011-11-08
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How much space are you wasting?
A few weeks back a client of mine asked me to write a script that could tell him the space...
2011-11-08
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Inline TVFs can't use FORCE ORDER hint but Multi-Statement TVFs can...?
Doing some work with converting Multi-Statement TVFs to Inline TVFs and I'm finding that the Inline TVFs cannot use the...
2011-11-08
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Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
Forums
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