SQL Agent Job Schedules
Many moons ago, I posted a script to help report on the human friendly scheduling information for SSRS subscriptions. You...
2016-04-12 (first published: 2016-03-29)
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Certain DBs in an AG not Backing Up
Last week, I received an alert that the percentage of transaction log in use on one of our production databases...
2016-03-29
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My latest presentations
I frequently present at user groups, and always try to create a brand new presentation to keep things interesting. We...
2016-03-29
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Monday Morning SQL Break – March 28, 2016
It’s Tuesday, and the Monday post is late. A weekend of smoking quite a few pounds of pork kept me in...
2016-03-29
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Protecting the SA Account
The sa account is a well, known, built in account for SQL Server. Years ago, in previous
versions, I’d see...
2016-03-29
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SQL Server 2016 features: Query Store
Given that SQL Server 2016 is coming ‘real soon now’, it’s probably well past time that I write up some...
2016-03-29
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SQL Server 2016 features: Query Store
Given that SQL Server 2016 is coming ‘real soon now’, it’s probably well past time that I write up some...
2016-03-29
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Update to TRUNCATE TABLE in SQL 2016 (partition support)
Continuing my obsession with partitioning I thought I’d write this quick post about a cool change in SQL Server 2016.
This...
2016-04-12 (first published: 2016-03-29)
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Do You Teach Azure Data Platform?
I offer instruction on the Azure Data Platform, and have for about six years, since shortly after it came out....
2016-03-29
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SQL Server Service Broker – Service Architecture
This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging...
2016-03-29
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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