Restarting SQL Server using a Batch Script
In a previous post, I showed you how one could Restart, Stop and Start the services for an instance of...
2010-08-29
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BrianKMcDonald
Restarting SQL Server using the GUI
Sometimes you may need to restart your instance of SQL Server. You should rarely do this on Production boxes, but...
2010-08-29
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Jax Code Camp - My Presentation and Projects
First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who attended my presentation today. It got off to a late start due...
2010-08-28
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How Many Columns In Table and Which Have Identity Columns
I recently had to find a way to look up how many columns were in a table and which of...
2010-08-20
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JSSUG Tomorrow Night - 8/18/2010
I heard a little birdy cherping and it looks like there is going to be a great give away tomorrow...
2010-08-18
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When Did I Install SQL Server?
While getting prepared for an upcoming presentation, I remembered that I installed the November CTP trial on the machine that...
2010-08-18
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Forgetful Fred and SQL Server Management Studio
Scott Gleason just posted a blog yesterday that showed an awesome new tool that people can create little animated videos....
2010-08-15
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Pesky Protected Mode
How many of you keep falling for this one…You open up Report Manager for a user that you know you...
2010-07-29
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Commenting TSQL Scripts
If you have ever searched for “commenting in TSQL” scripts, I am sure that you’ve found hundreds or maybe even...
2010-07-29
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What Indexes are on My Table!
In this quick blog, I want to show you one way of how to find out what indexes you have on a table...
2010-07-29
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PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
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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