Expose Multiple Docker Ports
I was working with containers recently with Jenkins. I didn’t want the server process running on my machine all the time, but I did need to allow some communication....
2019-08-21 (first published: 2019-08-07)
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Weekly reading #24
Hello #SQLFamily! We are packing for the longest trip this year. Next week we will start in Shanghai, then will move to Bangalore for #DPS10 and the last week...
2019-08-06
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5 Things You Need To Know When Reading SQL Server Execution Plans
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. 5 Things You Need To Know When Reading SQL Server Execution Plans In the first part of this series I explained what an execution...
2019-08-19 (first published: 2019-08-06)
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5 Things You Need To Know When Reading SQL Server Execution Plans
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Part 1: Introduction to Execution Plans
Part 2: Overview of Statistics
Part 3: Reading an Execution Plan
Part 4: Commonly Troublesome Operators
Part 5: Troubleshooting Execution Plans
In the...
2019-08-06
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5 Things You Need To Know When Reading SQL Server Execution Plans
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Part 1: Introduction to Execution Plans
Part 2: Overview of Statistics
Part 3: Reading an Execution Plan
Part 4: Commonly Troublesome Operators
Part 5: Troubleshooting Execution Plans
In the...
2019-08-06
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Azure SQL Database Clustered Columnstore Index
You can read about columnstore indexes here (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/transforming-your-data-in-azure-sql-database-to-columnstore-format/). I won’t rehash the material but high level, these index types are optimized for analytical queries and high compression of data...
2019-08-06
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spark-dotnet how to manually break a file into rows and columns
I found this question on stack overflow that went something like this:
“I have a file that includes line endings in the wrong place and I need to parse the...
2019-08-06
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spark-dotnet how to manually break a file into rows and columns
I found this question on stack overflow that went something like this:
“I have a file that includes line endings in the wrong place and I need to parse the...
2019-08-06
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A Day in the Life (4/?) - August 2, 2019
This is my fourth installment in a series responding to Steve Jones’s (blog | twitter) #SQLCareer challenge. I jotted down most of what I did through the day, filling...
2019-08-06
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Feature Restrictions in SQL Server 2019 are Worse Than Useless: a False Sense of Security And Wasted Opportunity
A misguided attempt to improve security that not only increases the chances of SQL Injection, but also prevented useful changes from being made.… Continue reading Feature Restrictions in...
2019-08-19 (first published: 2019-08-05)
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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