SQL Lunch Starting at 11:30 CST
If you are available for lunch today don’t forget to sign in and watch Thomas LeBlanc talk about Historical DMV...
2009-09-28
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Reporting Services - Disable Loop Back Check
I have been installing and configuring SSRS since the initial release. I have always encountered several different caveats when upgrading...
2009-09-28
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Back From Vacation and Making a Big Mistake
I actually got back from camping Sat night, but since I wasn’t scheduled to come back until Sun afternoon, I...
2009-09-28
661 reads
Out of Space
It seems that often I see posts that say “I’m out of space on my drive, what do I do?”...
2009-09-28
1,564 reads
Arrive in Sydney To Begin 30-Day Australia & New Zealand Speaking Tour
I’ve just began my 30-day tour of Australia and New Zealand, where I will be making 11 presentations in 9...
2009-09-28
486 reads
Sales People & Commission
I saw this post by Neil Davidson about sales people being different that discusses how sales people are compensated and...
2009-09-27
2,500 reads
Speaking at a SSWUG vConference
I was asked recently by Chris Shaw who is the site manager for SSWUG.org, if I was interested in speaking...
2009-09-27
471 reads
One Step Closer to Being a Technical Trainer
Cross posted from The Goal Keeping DBA:
This is about a long term goal that I’ve had which isn’t posted on...
2009-09-27
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[Off Topic] Workstation Upgrade
It had been about 5 years since I’d bought a new desktop machine for my home, and with my oldest...
2009-09-26
559 reads
More Evidence Why You Should Avoid Lots Of Conditional Logic In Stored Procedures
Gail Shaw, who is a SQL MVP from South Africa, has an excellent blog post about this subject.
The executive...
2009-09-25
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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