Installing SQL Server 2008 on Windows 7
When Installing SQL Server 2008 on Windows 7 RTM, I encountered a couple of issues. Supposedly you can install SQL...
2009-08-15
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Blog Posts
SSIS Documentation suggestions on Microsoft Connect
For SSIS developers, the need for proper documentation is crucial. However, the built-in object for documentation, the annotation, is difficult...
2009-08-15
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A Couple of Invoke-SQLCMD Issues
In working on a PowerShell script to load data into SQL Server, I decided to use the Invoke-SQLCMD cmdlet included...
2009-08-14
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Book Review: The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam ($15 at Amazon) was really the first reading I...
2009-08-14
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Evil Code
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A couple
of years ago, I wrote the Simple-Talk Prettifier. This is really no more than a stored
procedure that...
2009-08-14
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Kevin Kline Joins the SQLSaturday Advisory Council
The official announcement was just posted, Kevin Kline is the first member of the Advisory Council. As I mentioned on...
2009-08-14
1,048 reads
The Benefits of a Flexible Schedule
Both my wife and I work from home, and we've done it for years. I've been working full time for...
2009-08-14
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"Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave."
If you're not familiar with the reference, it comes from the movie Madagascar and the subsequent sequel and TV series...
2009-08-13
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Getting Into The Biz, Part 2
In a previous blog post, I began writing about how one might start a career as a database professional, and...
2009-08-13
619 reads
Microsoft at the PASS Summit
One of the reasons that I think the PASS Summit fits well in Seattle is the support that they get...
2009-08-13
922 reads
Blogs
PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
Ten Years of PowerShell
Ten years ago today, I filmed a Pluralsight Play by Play on open source...
T-SQL Tuesday #202: 100 Hours
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this is a great prompt to start...
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Stored Procedures for Server-Level Object and Column Search
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Databricks Genie Spaces for SQL Analysts: Natural Language Querying Without Leaving Your Data Platform
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The Costs of Multiple Platforms
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions II
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') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers