Exam 70-432 - SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance
For years, actually more like a decade, I've been saying that I'm going to get certified in SQL Server. Well...
2013-01-15
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Everyday SQL
SQL Server has encountered % occurence(s) of cachestore flush for the % cachestore (part of plan cache) due to some database maintenance or reconfigure operations
Have you seen this type of an informational message in your SQL errorlog before? If so, then I hope the...
2013-01-07
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How to Use xp_dirtree to List All Files in a Folder - Part 2
In a previous blog post, I demonstrated how you can use an undocumented stored procedure, master.sys.xp_dirtree, to list all files...
2012-12-31
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SQL Saturday #143 - Washington, DC
Last week, I attended my very first SQL Saturday event in Washington, DC. Although I don't live anywhere near Washington,...
2012-12-18
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T-SQL Terminator
You may have noticed in my code examples, I always include a semicolon ";" at the end of my TSQL statements. ...
2012-12-11
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Get Performance Counters from within SQL Server
I think most DBAs know that you can use the Windows Performance Monitor to capture performance metrics for your SQL...
2012-12-04
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How to Use xp_delete_file to Purge Old Backup Files
Continuing on my recent trend of using undocumented stored procedures, this week I thought we can cover using xp_delete_file to...
2012-11-21
4,428 reads
How to Use xp_dirtree to List All Files in a Folder
UPDATED -- Dec 31, 2012 -- Be sure to read Part 2 of this post discussing xp_dirtree.
Last week I blogged about how...
2012-11-13
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Dynamically Create a Folder for Each Database
If you're a DBA like me then you're probably pretty detail-oriented and like to keep things very organized. For example,...
2012-11-06
761 reads
Customize the Management Studio Toolbar
Management Studio is great tool with almost everything you need right at your fingertips. Notice I said "almost". I like...
2012-10-30
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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...
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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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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