Update on PASS Selection
I received my notification from the PASS Program Committee on Friday evening,
and found out that I will not be...
2009-06-15
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Blog Posts
What I Learned at PASS
There’s a contest going on at PASS looking for answers to “Best Thing I Learned at PASS”. I don’t want...
2009-06-15
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Finding a New Laptop Bag – Progress!
Way back on May 19 I wrote about my search for a new laptop bag to replace my somewhat tattered...
2009-06-14
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SQLSaturday #19 Call for Speakers and Registration – East Iowa, October 10, 2009
Michelle Ufford (aka SQLFool) is leading the first SQLSaturday in Iowa at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on...
2009-06-14
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Thanks, Brian!
This past Tuesday, Brian Knight visited the St. Louis SQL Server User Group to present on SSIS. The day ended...
2009-06-14
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What I’ve Read and Recommend to Others – SQL Server 2008 Part 1
I read, a lot. I’ve been a prolific reader all my adult life.
I use to split my reading between...
2009-06-14
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Give Me a Coconut and Six Months
Tim Benninghof tagged me with the question. "So You’re On A Deserted Island With WiFi and you’re still on the...
2009-06-13
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PowerShell Whitepaper Published
My first whitepaper for Microsoft, Understanding and Using PowerShell Support in SQL Server 2008 has been published. It was a...
2009-06-13
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Answers to Advanced SSIS Interview Questions
Last week I wrote a set of Advanced SSIS Interview Questions. Here are the answers I came up for these. ...
2009-06-12
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Mentors and Perspective
We had my organization's semi-annual combined IT and financial meeting this morning. At the end of these meetings awards and...
2009-06-12
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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