Finding Data Gaps
Quality data is a goal we all strive to attain. Nobody wants to have bad data. Yet, despite our best efforts, the problem of bad data has its way...
2019-08-05 (first published: 2019-07-11)
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Get email alert when number of queries waiting for CPU exceeds thresold
You may have situations where the CPU % usage is well below the alert threshold but still queries are running slow because they are waiting for CPU to be...
2019-07-11
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Powershell one liner to export data directly from SQL Server to Excel
Most of the times I use the CSV files whenever I need to import or export SQL Server data. And then if I need to do further analysis on...
2019-07-11
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Learning Powershell with Show-Command
Years ago I blogged about how I like to use the SSMS scripting feature to learn how to do things. ... Continue reading
2019-08-01 (first published: 2019-07-11)
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Azure SQL Elastic Jobs
The purpose of an Elastic Job is to execute a T-SQL script that is scheduled or executed ad-hoc against a group of Azure SQL databases. Targets can be in...
2019-07-11
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Spark and dotnet in a single docker container
I really like the new dotnet driver for Spark because I think it makes spark more accesable to devs who might not know pythpn or scala.
If you want to...
2019-07-11
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Spark and dotnet in a single docker container
I really like the new dotnet driver for Spark because I think it makes spark more accesable to devs who might not know pythpn or scala.
If you want to...
2019-07-11
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SQL Server Metadata using Powershell
If you are new at your job or a new client you would like to gather and review the sql server meta data to understand the environment and get...
2019-08-01 (first published: 2019-07-10)
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Better SQL Server memory defaults in 2019
In 2016 I created the Max Server Memory Matrix as a guide for configuring the maximum amount of memory that should be assigned to SQL Server, using an algorithm developed...
2019-07-10
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Big Data Workshop
A challenge I have with customers who want to get hands-on experience with the Azure products that are found in a modern data warehouse architecture is finding a workshop...
2019-07-30 (first published: 2019-07-10)
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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...
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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