Speaking at PASS Summit 2019
As I announced before, I had the honor to be selected as speaker for PASS Summit this year. This is a huge deal for me as data professional and...
2019-11-05
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2019 GA
Yes, Finally SQL Server 2019 is Generally Available yesterday Nov 4th 2019. It has many great features great videos: https://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dutchdatadude https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2019/11/04/gain-intelligence-over-data-with-sql-server-2019-now-generally-available/ https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2019/11/04/sql-server-2019-is-now-generally-available/
2019-11-05
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SQL Undercover TV – Using Excel to Visualise SQL Performance Data
Adrian looks at how you can use Excel to visualise SQL performance data, specifically data collected by the Blitz First Responder Kit
2019-11-05
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SQLSaturday Orlando Notes – SpeedPASS
This year for the first time in a long time we pre-printed the SpeedPASS for all attendees and we did it on perforated paper. This was really all about...
2019-11-05
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Tips to build a your-departure-proof leadership team in your tech community
This is a fairly poignant issue for many technical community leaders who feel alone in what can be a thankless job. Let's talk about some guidance and tips for...
2019-11-05
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T-SQL Tuesday #120 – What were you thinking? – Invitation
In this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I want to know about things that you have seen someone do in SQL Server that has left you wonder "What were you thinking?"
The...
2019-11-05
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T-SQL Tuesday #120 – What were you thinking? – Invitation
In this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I want to know about things that you have seen someone do in SQL Server that has left you wonder "What were you thinking?"
The...
2019-11-05
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Book Review: Eat People – And Other Unapologetic Rules For Game-Changing Entrepreneurs
This book simply answers the question "What's the next big thing?". The "Unapologetic Rules" will walk you through the many elements of exactly finding that out. Continue reading ?
The...
2019-11-04
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Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 2
You are going to create a Windows Cluster in Part 2 of our series on how to build a SQL Cluster Lab. You will run cluster validation followed by...
2019-11-04
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Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 2
You are going to create a Windows Cluster in Part 2 of our series on how to build a SQL Cluster Lab. You will run […]
The post Build a...
2019-11-04
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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...
Forums
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