SQL Server 2019 is here
With the release of SQL Server 2019, I wanted to highlight in a single place some things that I’m excited about. Drawing on sessions I presented this year at...
2019-11-06
11 reads
Blog Posts
Volunteers
This week is the PASS Summit and it has me thinking about all of the amazing work done in our ... Continue reading
2019-11-06
10 reads
5 Game Changers with SQL Server 2019
Microsoft made SQL Server 2019 Generally Available this week we want to share some videos and code examples of our favorite new features. Most of these will make your...
2019-11-05
122 reads
5 Game Changers with SQL Server 2019
Microsoft made SQL Server 2019 Generally Available this week we want to share some videos and code examples of our favorite new features. Most of these will make your...
2019-11-05
14 reads
Event-driven architecture (EDA) with Azure Data Factory - Triggers made easy
(2019-Oct-27) Creation or deletion files in your Azure Storage account may initiate data ingestion process and will support your event-driven data platform architecture. Image by Lars_Nissen_Photoart from PixabayMicrosoft recently introduced an...
2019-11-05 (first published: 2019-10-28)
818 reads
Every Execution Plan Is An Estimated Plan
I consider myself to be the most responsible for making such a huge deal about the differences between what is labeled as an Estimated Plan and an Actual Plan....
2019-11-05 (first published: 2019-10-22)
519 reads
MS Ignite Day#1 Recap
What an amazing first day at Microsoft Ignite that all started at about 6:30 this morning when I got in line to be one of the first 3000...
2019-11-05
102 reads
PowerShell Notebooks are Available in Azure Data Studio
PowerShell Notebooks are now available in the November release of Azure Data Studio. Back in March I requested this feature be added to Azure Data Studio and it has...
2019-11-05
37 reads
PowerShell Notebooks are Available in Azure Data Studio
PowerShell Notebooks are now available in the November release of Azure Data Studio. Back in March I requested this feature be added to Azure Data Studio and it has...
2019-11-05
22 reads
Smart Tlog Bkp
another great new feature for SQL Server 2017 is a smart backup with dmv sys.dm_db_log_space_usage this DMV provide log usage information using this we can plan to initiate the...
2019-11-05
36 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...
Forums
Stored Procedures for Server-Level Object and Column Search
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stored Procedures for Server-Level Object...
Databricks Genie Spaces for SQL Analysts: Natural Language Querying Without Leaving Your Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Databricks Genie Spaces for SQL...
The Costs of Multiple Platforms
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Costs of Multiple Platforms
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