Stupid Tech Support Tales
One of our desktop support technicians noticed the following error from a 3rd party vendor application in an error log:
"9/22/2010...
2010-09-30
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Geekbench 2.1.7 Released
If you read my blog or follow me on Twitter, you know that I have a strong interest in database...
2010-09-30
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Dear Users…Sincerely, Your IT Guys
Dear Users,
We, the tech people, understand that you just want technology to work so you can get your jobs done. ...
2010-09-30
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When the Bloc Québécois is a Nuisance for Quebeckers’ Interests: The Top 20 Countdown
The below is a republished version that has been released officially on the Canadian Federal Liberal Party's web site. Finally...
2010-09-30
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Cleaning up excess contiguous spaces in strings. A mystery.
/* Have you ever come across the problem where you have to remove spaces from a string that has too many?...
2010-09-30
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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Released
Some of my clients and I have been waiting on this for a little while – SQL Server 2008 Service Pack...
2010-09-30
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Be Thorough When Making Schema Changes
This morning we made some changes to the database. We realized that as part of a re-factor we needed to...
2010-09-30
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SQL Saturday 52 Recap
I spent this past weekend traveling to and attending SQL Saturday Colorado in the outskirts of Denver. This was the...
2010-09-30
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Revisiting The West Wing
Sometimes spending some time with your spouse watching TV is right up there with comfort food, the challenge is often...
2010-09-30
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PASS Summit Schedule
Earlier this week, PASS opened up the Schedule Builder for the those that are registered for the PASS Summit. You...
2010-09-30
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Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
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