Good to see you at Houston Tech Fest 2019!
It was awesome to see a great crowd at the triumphant return of Houston Tech Fest 2019. This year's event was hosted at the beautiful Microsoft Office in Houston....
2019-09-14
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Using kubectl logs to read the SQL Server Error Log in Kubernetes
When working with SQL Server running containers the Error Log is written to standard out. Kubernetes will expose that information to you via kubectl. Let’s check out how it...
2019-09-14
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Using kubectl logs to read the SQL Server Error Log in Kubernetes
When working with SQL Server running containers the Error Log is written to standard out. Kubernetes will expose that information to you via kubectl. Let’s check out how it...
2019-09-14
13 reads
Using kubectl logs to read the SQL Server Error Log in Kubernetes
When working with SQL Server running containers the Error Log is written to standard out. Kubernetes will expose that information to you via kubectl. Let’s check out how it...
2019-09-14
273 reads
Using Powershell for SQL Saturday Logos
Out of necessity are born the tools of laziness. This is a good thing. I have found that organizing and running a SQL Saturday event is a great way...
2019-09-23 (first published: 2019-09-13)
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New Pluralsight Course – Managing Kubernetes Controllers and Deployments
My new course “Managing Kubernetes Controllers and Deployments” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! This course offers practical tips from my...
2019-09-13
14 reads
New Pluralsight Course – Managing Kubernetes Controllers and Deployments
My new course “Managing Kubernetes Controllers and Deployments” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! This course offers practical tips from my...
2019-09-13
12 reads
New Pluralsight Course – Managing Kubernetes Controllers and Deployments
My new course “Managing Kubernetes Controllers and Deployments” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! This course offers practical tips from my...
2019-09-13
96 reads
SQL in the City Sydney in Two Weeks
It’s two weeks to our next SQL in the City Summit, this time in Sydney. I’m excited to be going back, though it’s a quick trip for me. Likely...
2019-09-13
57 reads
MSDB Size growing
msdb is growing due to queue. their is a great blog to help to reduce this How to reduce MSDB size from 42Gb to 200Mb query to get object...
2019-09-12
56 reads
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