Azure Storage pricing
Azure storage is a great, inexpensive solution for storing your data in the cloud. There are many types of Azure...
2016-05-25
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A Basic Recursive CTE and a Money Lesson
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2016-05-25
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Connecting to Azure SQL Database
Recently I created my first Azure SQL Database. But now I need to connect to it.
You can connect using...
2016-05-25
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A Moment For Reflection…
While this is a personal blog, I try to keep it focused on either technical topics or personal development and...
2016-05-25
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Changing Your PASS Credentials
I got an email today from PASS, noting that credentials were changing from username to email. That’s fine. I don’t...
2016-05-24
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Some Pester Tests for SQL Defaults
When I was at PowerShell Conference EU in Hannover last month (The videos are available now – click here and the...
2016-05-24
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XML-> JSON document Example
Convert the XML document to JSON document example
<person>
<name>John</name>
<age>25</age>
<address>
<city>New York</city>
<postalCode>10021</postalCode>
</address>
<phones>
<phone type="home">212-555-1234</phone>
<phone type="mobile">646-555-1234</phone>
...
2016-05-24
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SSMS new feature - Live execution plans
SQL Server 2016 brings one of the new features - The live execution plan. You can enable it by clicking the...
2016-05-24
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SSMS 2016 installation - The new SQL Server Management Studio 2016
This spackle hints toward installation of the SQL Server 2016 SSMS. The installation of SSMS 2016 is different and it's a...
2016-05-24
738 reads
On the Buckeye Blitz!
In just a few weeks I’ll be doing the Buckeye Blitz. That is, a tour of user groups in Ohio...
2016-05-24
554 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