Ready for the new year?
The New Year is just around the corner. Every year I make a resolution. And every time I fail. That...
2011-12-29
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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (December 2011)
Here is a fresh set of diagnostic information queries for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 for December 2011. Some...
2011-12-29
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What’s new in SQL Server RC0 setup
Datacentre Edition is no longer available as a MS SQL Server 2012 RC0 candidate, Read MoreMS SQL Server 2012 RC0...
2011-12-28
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2011 PASS Board Election Results
Results of the 2011 PASS Board of Directors election were officially announced this morning. I want to congratulate my friends...
2011-12-28
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Master Data Services
SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) has a number of enhancements in SQL Server 2012:
Improved web user interface – If you...
2011-12-28
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SQL Server – Row count for all views / tables
Getting row count for all tables in a database is straight forward. You can display row count for all tables...
2011-12-28
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PASS Election Results
The 2011 Election results were just posted, congratulations to Adam Jorgensen, Denise McInerney, and Rob Farley for taking the top...
2011-12-28
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Wrapping Up 2011 and a Blog Break
I’m writing this on December 17th, thinking back on 2011, and it has been a good year. Not always simple...
2011-12-28
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Retrieving position() value of node by using XQuery alone
You can only use the position() function within an xquery predicate and can't use it to return the position value...
2011-12-28
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My Top 5 for 2011
I have seen a few recap posts bouncing around the net and started thinking about my own blog. So out of curiosity, I decided to take a look at...
2011-12-28
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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