SQL Server articles
Between attending SQL SKILLS immersion events, trying out for the PFE role at Microsoft I have managed to write some...
2016-03-16
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All About SQL
An Extended Event script
I have been enjoying XE alot recently ( from following SQLSKILLS) so I decided to write something that I used recently...
2015-05-22
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Carving up CHECKDB
This is a technique that I am using from Paul Randal – concept of splitting CHECKDB: CHECKALLOC, CHECKCATALOG and CHECKTABLE – here...
2015-05-16
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Welcome to BlobEater
I am an IT Professional from the UK with a huge interest in MS technology especially SQL Server and Azure. During...
2015-03-25
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A Handy function
If you like learning about internals use the undocumented function to get the FileID:PageID of your table rows and use...
2015-03-03
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Timed SQL Server tracing
Have you ever wanted to start a SQL trace (server-side trace!) from SQL agent and let it stop after X minutes...
2015-02-07
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2015-02-06
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Blogs
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
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Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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RegEx Functions IV
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions IV
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', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers