The Curse of Relational Databases
Let’s face it, none of Information Technology is easy. Oh yeah, there are those few geniuses that have an absolute...
2014-06-23 (first published: 2014-06-18)
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Cluster Headache - Applying Service Pack and SQL Fails to Come On-line
Having
applied dozens and dozens of Service Packs to various SQL Server clusters, I
still never cease to learn that not everything...
2014-06-20 (first published: 2014-06-18)
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Aliasing a SQL Server: When it works, when it doesn’t and when it may be your problem.
Creating an alias for a SQL Server is fairly easy and there are several ways to do it. Configuration Manager...
2014-06-20 (first published: 2014-06-18)
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Setting up Automation in Azure
As I’ve started digging deeper into using Azure the need to automate tasks (turn off all VMs, turn on all...
2014-06-19 (first published: 2014-06-18)
3,130 reads
A Month, Almost Two Months Offline–Was the Silence Deafening?
The past couple of months has been very busy at home and at work so I have fallen behind a...
2014-06-18
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Microsoft's Lousy Response to a Connect Issue
I’ve been going through the process of upgrading from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2014 and I’ve hit a bug when running snapshots. Any snapshot that was in...
2014-06-18
13 reads
Business Intelligence Roles and Team Composition
On Business Intelligence projects of all sizes, the composition of the team is a crucial element for success. What is...
2014-06-17
472 reads
Kerberos Configuration Manager’s Nasty Bug
The Kerberos Configuration Manager is a really handy tool that can make configuring Kerberos a much easier task, but it’s...
2014-06-17
3,108 reads
Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 18
I’m on vacation this week, but enjoying some quiet time during the day to think a little, going back through...
2014-06-17
757 reads
Natively Compiled Procedures and Bad Execution Plans
I’ve been exploring how natively compiled procedures are portrayed within execution plans. There have been two previous posts on the...
2014-06-17
1,361 reads
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