Ideas are a work of art
When you think about it, most of us in the IT field are paid to solve problems. Sure there are...
2009-08-21
387 reads
Costco & Blueberry Muffins
You’ve probably heard of Costco, one of those warehouse type stores that sells stuff in bulk. We buy stuff there...
2009-08-20
578 reads
Things to consider...
Hi.... I found some interesting COOL and Caution stuff on sql server, Will try to keep this updated....Cool Stuff:
1.SSMS: now...
2009-08-20
573 reads
Two Book Recommendations
I have two new books that I can heartily recommend. This isn’t a review of either book since I’ve only...
2009-08-20
573 reads
Practical or Silly?
I won $25 from Thinkgeek via Intel from a twitter contest. Can you follow that? I posted a question for...
2009-08-20
1,101 reads
Managing Your Database
It seems that I see posts like this one more often than I'd like. Or at least some variation on...
2009-08-20
868 reads
Partitioning Strangeness
Ran across this in a recent class while covering partitioning. Start by creating a standard partitioning function and the scheme,...
2009-08-19
2,504 reads
Don’t Use USE (in SSIS, at least)
I ran into a situation this week that brought to light a subtle syntactical error I’d made in creating an...
2009-08-19
767 reads
Tampabay SQL Server User Group Presentation
I presented a one-hour session for Tampabay SQL Server User Group on Powershell and SQL Server. I've previously delivered this session for the...
2009-08-19
833 reads
Looking for SQL Speakers Near Wheeling, WV
I had a great call with John Sterrett last week about the possibility of having a SQLSaturday in Wheeling and...
2009-08-19
926 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...
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