Speaking at PASS Summit 2019
I am delighted to announce that I have been selected to speak at the largest Microsoft Data Platform conference in the world, PASS Summit 2019, in Seattle WA, USA....
2019-05-22
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High Security Prices–Always Encrypted 2019 needs Datacenter Edition
I was recently doing some work on Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2019 and needed to set up an HGS server. I went through most of the setup, and...
2019-05-22
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Containers: Creating a Container
In yesterday’s blog post we pulled SQL Server images in preparation for today’s blog post where we create containers from those images. If you haven’t already, get Docker installed...
2019-05-22
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Using VALUES to construct an in-line table.
This has come up a few times recently, I find it rather fascinating and I can never seem to remember ... Continue reading
2019-06-07 (first published: 2019-05-22)
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Filtered Index Basics
In this post, we continue with another beginner’s blog of database features that may be unknown to many. Let’s take a look at filtered indexes. Many database administrators are...
2019-06-10 (first published: 2019-05-22)
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Using Azure Data Factory to Migrate Data
Quite simply the objective as follows: Move data from Azure SQL Database to Azure SQL DW via Azure Data Factory v2 (ADF). Overview Before I begin, what exactly is...
2019-05-22
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Strategies for Compliant Development Down Under
I’m doing a tour of Australia and New Zealand with our SQL in the City crew. We’re going to be in Brisbane, Christchurch, and Melbourne on three consecutive weeks....
2019-05-21
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Why is my pivot query not returning any data? How to debug a PIVOT query
If you have a PIVOT query and it isn't returning the data you expect, what can you do to troubleshoot it? The thing to do is to break it...
2019-05-21
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Why is my pivot query not returning any data? How to debug a PIVOT query
If you have a PIVOT query and it isn’t returning the data you expect, what can you do to troubleshoot it? The thing to do is to break it...
2019-05-21
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T-SQL Tuesday #114 Puzzle Party – Roundup
Here’s my round-up for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday. Thanks to everyone who contributed last week. It was great reading your posts and seeing the different ways you interpreted the...
2019-05-21
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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