SQL Compare 12 Beta
The Beta is out. I’ve been waiting for this, and was glad to see Carly’s post on the product. I’ve...
2016-06-06
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Congrats to MSSQLTips on 10 Years!
MSSQLTips has posted about their 10 years as a resource to the SQL Server community. It’s where I do the...
2016-06-06
562 reads
Elastic Query in Azure SQL Database and Views
The question came up, how do the constructs necessary for Elastic Query within Azure SQL Database affect your ability to...
2016-06-13 (first published: 2016-06-06)
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Painting with PowerShell SQL Server Administration
This blog post is just a quick follow from my presentation last week for the SQL PASS PowerShell Virtual Chapter.
Here...
2016-06-06
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I need help with DBCC
Many years ago during an interview I was asked to “Name the top 7 DBCC commands that you use.” I...
2016-06-06
1,427 reads
Broadening Horizons: From DBA to Data Science #2 Math Fundamentals
In the previous article in this blog series I told you my plans of expending my horizons towards the Data...
2016-06-06
1,552 reads
ISJSON() restriction in SQL Server 2016 and not in SQL Server 2017
You should have a database on SQL Server 2016 instance with an In-Memory file group so that you can create tables with the MEMORY_OPTIMIZED option set to ON. Like...
2016-06-06
16 reads
ISJSON() restriction in SQL Server 2016 and not in SQL Server 2017
You should have a database on SQL Server 2016 instance with an In-Memory file group so that you can create tables with the MEMORY_OPTIMIZED option set to ON. Like...
2016-06-06
20 reads
SQL Server 2016 RTM – Is Anyone Still Waiting for the First Service Pack?
Well most of the SQL Server news last week focused around the launch of SQL Server 2016. SQL Server RTM...
2016-06-09 (first published: 2016-06-06)
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ISJSON() restriction in SQL Server 2016 and not in SQL Server 2017
You should have a database on SQL Server 2016 instance with an In-Memory file group so that you can create...
2016-06-06
273 reads
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...
Forums
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