Junior DBAs - Where to start?
I personally would start with your local user groups. Getting to know people and networking may be your best bet...
2013-12-06
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DBA On The Go
Blocked processes: Quick Tips
Sometimes activity monitor just isn't fast enough. Maybe it's not telling you what a specific query is doing. Below is...
2013-12-05
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Ideal Working Conditions and Free Training Winner!
Contest Winner!
So last Monday I announced a giveaway that I think is a great gift to give away. Every Monday...
2013-12-04
588 reads
Testing labs
What sort of testing lab do you setup when you're testing things out? I hear see the world adventureworks almost...
2013-12-13 (first published: 2013-12-03)
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Index Rebuild Status Update And Giveaway!: Quick Tips
I have a Free 1-Month code to PluralSight. There's no catch or gimmick, If your comment is in this post,...
2013-12-02
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Free Friday: Training
There are a number of good sites that offer free training and free E-Books. The community around MS SQL is...
2013-11-29
1,191 reads
Decrypting Stored Procedures Thanksgiving Special:Quick Tips
Update: Thanks for your response Jon Gurgul! I have updated the files to reflect your updates. It's faster and cleaner...
2013-12-06 (first published: 2013-11-28)
3,490 reads
Wasted Space Per Database For Fill Factor: Quick Tip
As I keep looking for answers on Fill Factor... I keep finding interesting Metrics to look into. Looking my own...
2013-11-27
2,579 reads
Things I've Learned In Regards To Fill Factor:Quick Tips
I don't have much today... It's been a good week so far. I think I'm becoming a bit obsessed with...
2013-11-26
635 reads
Usage grouped by Database: Quick Tips
Quick script just to give you an idea of how your databases are being used. Mainly useful for exploring.
select db.name...
2013-11-25
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Blogs
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...
T-SQL Tuesday
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
Exploring DiskANN: Part 2: PQ, SSDs, caching and beam search
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
Forums
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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RegEx Functions II
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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