Future DBA part 2
I do not say you should be expert in other technologies but you should be aware of what it is...
2016-09-15
391 reads
The SQL Server Community Collaborative GitHub Organisation is born
My wonderful friend Chrissy LeMaire and I are the creators of two GitHub repositories for SQL Server and PowerShell called...
2016-09-14
780 reads
This Week In Data – Episode 4 (What is Slack?)
Welcome back to another episode of This Week In Data! If you missed our previous episodes, you can watch them...
2016-09-14
517 reads
Challenge Accepted
My life for the last 2 years has been a constant battle of putting out fires with system performance; finally...
2016-09-14
315 reads
SQL Saturday Minneapolis Precon – Complete Primer to SQL Server Virtualization – Coming Soon!
This is just a quick reminder to encourage you to attend my next round of all-day precon training session at the...
2016-09-14
403 reads
SSRS Mobile Reports – JSON error
Just a quick blog post about an error I recently encountered when trying to create a mobile report for SSRS...
2016-09-14
701 reads
PowerShell to create Azure SQL DBs
Recently I have been creating many Azure SQL databases via the portal where I started to find it quite tedious. So...
2016-09-14
521 reads
Future DBA Part 1
As I stated in my earlier blog on future DBA, we should learn many things as we can to be...
2016-09-14
468 reads
SQL Server Execution Plan formats
Execution plan helps in knowing how a query gets executed and troubleshooting a query which is performing poor. In SQL...
2016-09-14
860 reads
Migrating to Azure - Quirks & Tips
Recently I have moved a dozen websites and web apps to Azure. Some are small apps used by a few...
2016-09-13
140 reads
Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
Forums
Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building a SQL Server Fleet...
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