DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 11
Part 1 of Question 11—The Question.Part 2 of Question 11:The follow up to the question.This is a continuation of my...
2011-12-05
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Registration Open for SQLRally 2012 in Dallas
On my list of things to get done this week is register for SQLRally 2012 in Dallas. It’s a quick...
2011-12-05
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Database Data and Log Size Info
Have you ever wanted or needed to get the data and log file size for all of the databases in your server? I have seen scripts that would get...
2011-12-05
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Database Data and Log Size Info
Have you ever wanted or needed to get the data and log file size for all of the databases in...
2011-12-05
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WAN Optimization–Part 2
After installing the WAN optimization appliances on all of our main sites, we have liked what we’ve seen thus far....
2011-12-05
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Meme Monday - What I Want for Christmas from Microsoft
This Christmas if I could get one thing from Microsoft it would be recognition that DBA's are not developers. This...
2011-12-05
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Enable XA transactions for SQL Server
An XA transaction is a global transaction usually covering multiple resources.
Use the Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver to support the ...
2011-12-05
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What Every DBA Should Get For Christmas
What is a brilliant gift at Christmas for a DBA? I mean apart from having the day off…..
For those new...
2011-12-05
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Upgrading Denali CTP3 to SQL Server 2012 RC0
When I started looking into the upgrade path for this, I saw a couple of notes online about the fact...
2011-12-05
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What’s your build number?
Without looking, name your most important server. Or if you have a bunch, name the top 2 or 3.
Now tell...
2011-12-04
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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
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I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
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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