Find Recently Run Queries
If you have ever closed a query window by accident only to wish you could get back your work an...
2011-11-03
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Blog Posts
Recording SQL Server Configuration Settings.
(I’m ‘standing in for Brad, who is busy ..er.. somewhere, and I found this unpublished piece by Brad and I....
2011-11-03
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SQL Server 2012: Business Intelligence Edition
Well this was quite the little surprise this morning. Microsoft announced a new edition to the SQL Server lineup for...
2011-11-03
2,725 reads
Correction of my unfair and incorrect words against SQLWorkshops.com
On October 18, 2011 I have made unfair and incorrect words on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn,
and Xing against the owners of...
2011-11-02
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Latest post from Bill Gates featuring Hans Rosling’s animated bubble graphs
I just caught a tweet from Bill Gates with yet another fascinating presentation from Hans Rosling on the Gates Notes...
2011-11-02
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Meetings as Battles
I was in a meeting recently that had some quiet tension to it, at least two different sides represented and...
2011-11-02
537 reads
My PASS Summit 2011 Experience
The 2011 PASS Summit is in the rear view mirror (has it really been almost three weeks now?)...and as always...
2011-11-02
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Presenting at SQL Saturday #96
I’m honored to have been selected to present two sessions at SQL Saturday #96 in our nation’s capital, Washington DC...
2011-11-02
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Presenting Tomorrow (Thursday) via Webinar - SQL Server Security
I have the privilege of being able to give a webinar tomorrow, November 3, at 11 AM EDT. It will...
2011-11-02
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Salaried employee vs contractor
Are you a salaried employee looking to switch to a W-2 or 1099 contractor? (For an explanation of W-2 and...
2011-11-02
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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