Pathways to Progress
One of the most significant and hardest challenges we face as data professionals (or generally anyone in IT) is how to keep up with learning. Most of us are...
2019-06-05 (first published: 2019-05-17)
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“Ups…I have deleted some data. Can you put it back?” – dbatools for the rescue
Few days ago I received a request to restore a dozen of tables because someone have deleted more data than it was supposed. I immediately thought about dbatools for...
2019-06-04 (first published: 2019-05-17)
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'Ups...I have deleted some data. Can you put it back?' - dbatools for the rescue
Few days ago I received a request to restore a dozen of tables because someone have deleted more data than it was supposed. I immediately thought about dbatools for...
2019-05-17
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Using Extended Events To Capture Backup and Restore Progress
If you are running a DATABASE BACKUP or RESTORE command manually, SQL Server will show you the progress at a specified % completion interval. For the BACKUP, the default is...
2019-06-03 (first published: 2019-05-16)
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Find identical duplicate indexes - Revised
I realized yesterday I posted this quickly after testing only against SQL 2016 version. So I decided to also test against SQL 2014 and 2012 versions to make sure...
2019-05-16
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Microsoft Build event announcements
Another Microsoft event and another bunch of exciting announcements. At the Microsoft Build event last week, the major announcements in the data platform and AI space were: Machine Learning...
2019-05-30 (first published: 2019-05-16)
317 reads
New Pluralsight Course – Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods
New Pluralsight Course – Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods
My new course “Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you...
2019-05-16
14 reads
New Pluralsight Course – Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods
New Pluralsight Course – Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods My new course “Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you...
2019-05-16
53 reads
Turning a Corporate Color Palette into a Data Visualization Color Palette
Last week, I had a conversation on twitter about dealing with corporate color palettes that don’t work well for data visualization. Usually, this happens because corporate palettes are designed...
2019-06-03 (first published: 2019-05-16)
1,424 reads
Find identical duplicate indexes
The purpose of this query is to find identical duplicate non-clustered indexes i.e. indexes on same table with same columns in same order. If you have a need to...
2019-05-30 (first published: 2019-05-15)
890 reads
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