Living with DTS on SQL Server 2005 and 2008
The DTS support in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 is excellent (almost). Typically the packages and jobs do not need...
2009-11-02
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SQL PASS Summit 2009 – Day Zero
For me, today was the start of a six-day SQL Server adventure at the PASS Summit in Seattle. The day...
2009-11-01
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Stored Procedure Call Tree
I was reading a post by Linchi Shea in which he demonstrates a Perl script to Find the complete call...
2009-11-01
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Two Very Important Configuration Settings For SQL Server 2005/2008
Two settings that I always enable when I install SQL Server 2005 or 2008 on an x64 production database server...
2009-11-01
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DB Audit Challenge #1
Take the DB Audit Challenge - Intermediate - DB Audit Challenge #1
For those of you who have been following my recent blogs,...
2009-11-01
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PASS Summit In-flight Note
I'm on a Delta non-stop flight from Atlanta to Seattle for the PASS Summit. This is the first time I've...
2009-11-01
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Blogging From the 2009 PASS Community Summit
Like a lot of other SQL Server bloggers, this week I will attempt to write regular blog entries each day,...
2009-10-31
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Not Attending/Presenting at SQL Connections
Given everything that has happened in the last couple of weeks, this is not surprising to those who have kept...
2009-10-31
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The Gift Count
I went by Best Buy this afternoon, with my updated budget, to grab 2 last gifts and blow out the...
2009-10-31
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SQL Server 2008 cluster install and slipstreaming!
I was asked to set up a SQL Server 2008 cluster on Windows 2008 R2 this past week. One interesting...
2009-10-31
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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