The Cost of E-books
What’s the cost of e-books? It’s an interesting question that I have always wondered. I found this account of the...
2009-06-18
726 reads
Blog Posts
The secret skill revealed in the dusty booklet
Going through one’s father’s belongings after his death is
always a poignant, bitter-sweet experience. I was going through his most
precious books...
2009-06-18
1,995 reads
ALSSUG...soon!
Yes, ALbanian SQL Server User Group will start soon with first meeting and registering the new users. So we will...
2009-06-17
505 reads
Creating Red Gate SQL Compare Snapshots with Powershell
Co-worker and fellow DBA,, John O'Shea developed a Powershell script to create Red Gate SQL Compare snapshot files. Check out...
2009-06-17
1,066 reads
Kindle – Encouraging Plagiarism?
I ran across a story about the new Kindle blog publishing features. It was called “How the Kindle Now Lets...
2009-06-17
702 reads
Speaking at North Texas SQL Server User Group meeting
For those in or around the Dallas area tomorrow (Thursday) evening, I'll be speaking at the North Texas SQL Server...
2009-06-17
792 reads
Starting up a Pass Chapter
I am on my way in setting up a Pass chapter on our tiny Caribbean island. I had no clue...
2009-06-17
605 reads
Tips on Getting HIred – Part 3
Part 1 discussed ways to find opportunities, Part 2 was about how to get more interviews, and today we’ll cover...
2009-06-17
1,005 reads
A New Blog
I added a new blog to my reader today: The Client Revolution.
I heard about this from @NeilDavidson, and he mentioned...
2009-06-16
663 reads
An Alternate
I was out Friday night with family at Parker Days, the festival downtown in my little city and checked email...
2009-06-16
707 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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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