Upcoming Speaking Engagements for Q4
In the next few months, I’ll be giving a couple of talks on SQL Server business intelligence. For October, I...
2009-09-18
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SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP – Utility Control Point (UTP)
I finally carved out some time in my day to try and get the August CTP of SQL Server 2008...
2009-09-18
1,370 reads
SQL Server High Availabilty Webinar
Always On: SQL Server High Availabilty
Just wanted to tell you all about a fantastic Webinar on SQL Server High Availability,...
2009-09-18
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Prepping for SQL Connections in Las Vegas
I started watching Leverage this season, after it was recommended by Wil Wheaton (blog/twitter). For those of you that don't...
2009-09-18
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Building a Chair – Part 2
Last week I posted Part 1 and Steve Jones gave some grief about not posting some pictures (rightfully so) of...
2009-09-17
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems - The Basics of Spinning Disks
Your servers are only as fast as the slowest part, hard drives.To feed other parts of the system we have...
2009-09-17
3,344 reads
SSMS "Connect to Database Engine" Prompt Behavior When Dragging And Dropping Files
A minor annoyance of mine for a long time has been how SSMS will sometimes prompt you to connect to...
2009-09-17
385 reads
SQL Server Job Trends on Graphs
A colleague pointed out a site that collects a lot of job posting data and exposes graphs - so I've taken...
2009-09-17
4,236 reads
Interacticely sorting columns in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Business Intelligence Developers Studio (aka BIDS) for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services makes creating engaging and dynamic reports nearly...
2009-09-17
1,228 reads
The Boss Is Always Right
Bet you’re ready to disagree, right? I’ve had this on my list to write about for a while. One trend...
2009-09-17
1,358 reads
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