Why I Love SQLBits
Last week I attended SQLBits 2016 in Liverpool. I had such a great time, and I would like to share...
2016-05-08
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Putting your Head in the Clouds–An Introduction to Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure
If you attended David’s session Putting your Head in the Clouds today at SQL Bits today you can download the...
2016-05-07
412 reads
SQL 2016-Always Encrypted
As you know this has been introduced in sql server 2016, I am not going in details on it but...
2016-05-07
469 reads
Connect is Working! Get in While the Getting is Good!!!
TL;DR: Go Vote / File on Connect NOW! For years I’ve avoided Connect, it’s true. In an ironic twist fit for a recursive-CTE I think I quit using Connect...
2016-05-07
18 reads
Connect is Working! Get in While the Getting is Good!!!
TL;DR: Go Vote / File on Connect NOW!
For years I’ve avoided Connect, it’s true.
In an ironic twist fit for a recursive-CTE...
2016-05-07
277 reads
A strange OS bug on a SQL Server migration
This is another situation that happened on a database migration at a client site. The database migration was done by using SSIS packages on quite a big database of 450 GB,...
2016-05-06
7 reads
A strange OS bug on a SQL Server migration
This is another situation that happened on a database migration at a client site. The database migration was done by using SSIS packages on quite a big database of 450 GB,...
2016-05-06
9 reads
A strange OS bug on a SQL Server migration
This is another situation that happened on a database migration at a client site. The database migration was done by using SSIS...
2016-05-06
112 reads
SQL Saturday Jacksonville #552 Pre-Con: A Day of DBA Fundamentals- Install- Maintenance plans-and Security
Hello Dear Reader! I'm here in beautiful Jacksonville FL for the SQL Saturday 552 events! Today my friend Dan Taylor (@DbaBulldog | Blog) and I are presenting our Pre-con...
2016-05-06
7 reads
SQL Saturday Jacksonville #552 Pre-Con: A Day of DBA Fundamentals- Install- Maintenance plans-and Security
Hello Dear Reader! I'm here in beautiful Jacksonville FL for the SQL Saturday 552 events! Today my friend Dan Taylor...
2016-05-06
629 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...
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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