Throne of Fire
Finally, I have completed another book. I took the opportunity while traveling to catch up on some reading. Better yet,...
2011-11-22
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DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 4
This is a continuation of my DBA in Space journal.
With each episode, DBA in Space becomes goofier and goofier. Episode...
2011-11-22
546 reads
Monitoring a Rollback and sys.dm_exec_requests
The dynamic management view (DMV) sys.dm_exec_requests returns information about each request that is executing within SQL Server.
Instead of using Activity...
2011-11-22
1,503 reads
SQL Server trace flags
Normally I’m not a big fan of using traceflags, my advice is only to use these when it is absolutely...
2011-11-22
2,371 reads
SQL Family – an Update
At the beginning of the month, we had a Meme Monday on the topic of SQL Family. I had a few things to say about the SQL community back...
2011-11-21
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SQL Family – an Update
At the beginning of the month, we had a Meme Monday on the topic of SQL Family. I had a...
2011-11-21
667 reads
See if Auto Create Statistics is enabled using PBM
We will walk through creating a policy to evaluate the status of “Auto Create Statistics” on our server named “File2”. ...
2011-11-21
1,397 reads
17 WordPress Plug-Ins That I Use
In the past week, I’ve had a number of requests for a list of the WordPress plug-ins that I use. ...
2011-11-21
1,149 reads
Conformed dimensions
A conformed dimension is a dimension that has the same meaning to every fact with which it relates. Conformed dimensions allow...
2011-11-21
3,526 reads
SQL Server 2012 RC0 Is Here
SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0, Time To Get Serious
With the release of RC0 Microsoft has signaled that the release...
2011-11-21
1,535 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