Un-SQL Friday #006: Living in the Intertubez
We’ve had some BIG fun this week, relatively speaking, with #SQLSue and #SQLIdiot and just general #SQLcraziness. We’ve had several...
2011-10-20
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Blog Posts
Virtual/Adhoc Teams
I’m a fan of virtual teams, times when you pull together people from across many teams to form a team...
2011-10-20
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3D Printing for Under $1000
I saw this about the iModela 3d printer, it’s priced under $1000, making it approachable if not quite cheap. 3d...
2011-10-19
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Announcing the fifth certification study session
The Denver SQL Server User Group is starting another round for the certification study group. Last year we ran three...
2011-10-19
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Culture Posters
I work with a client now that had a poster made of the top 10 values for the IT department....
2011-10-19
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Is my blog infringing on anything?
There was a recent uproar about a session delivered recently. A company thinks that the session infringed on their intellectual...
2011-10-19
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JOIN IN SQL FAQ
1) What types of JOINS exist?
Inner Joins
Outer Joins (LEFT JOIN, LEFT OUTER JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, RIGHT OUTER JOIN, FULL...
2011-10-19
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Microsoft and HP’s Database Consolidation Appliance
Microsoft and HP have announced another appliance, called the Database Consolidation Appliance (see my blog about the other two appliances). ...
2011-10-19
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More Denali Execution Plan Warning Goodies
In my last blog, I showed how the execution plan in denali has been enhanced by 2 new warnings ,conversion...
2011-10-19
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Moving to House of Brick
Starting Halloween Monday I will be a Technical Consultant for House of Brick Technologies.
To everyone out there saying "Didn't you...
2011-10-19
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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