Why Tape is Good
I write an editorial about why I thought tape still had a place in backups. There were some interesting responses...
2009-04-02
801 reads
LinkedIn - Part 2
Recently I posted LinkedIn (part 1) about my efforts to better understand and use it as a networking platform. It...
2009-04-01
518 reads
Undocumented Trace Flag Improves Performance By Up To 25%
As a production DBA I love to tweak things to optimal perfection. After all, if I paid for the hardware...
2009-04-01
553 reads
Congratulations to MVP Grant Fritchey
Announced today on his blog at http://scarydba.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/mvp/. Well earned in my opinion between his participation with PASS, SSC, and his...
2009-04-01
424 reads
Congratulations to Grant Fritchey
He was awarded MVP status today, no joke, for his work in the community.
According to his blog, it’s not a...
2009-04-01
948 reads
Moving to MySQL
It’s time. After years of building this site to work with SQL Server, I sold it to Red Gate Software....
2009-04-01
496 reads
bedpost - It's Business Time
Further off topic than usual, but I ran across this as I browsed Springwise after a friend suggested it might...
2009-04-01
599 reads
Buying A Plane
There's been a lot of bad press about 'corporate jets' in the news over the past year. Not that planes...
2009-03-31
1,478 reads
Orlando .NET Code Camp 2009 Recap
On Saturday, 3/28, I presented Useful T-SQL Statements You May Not Be Aware Of at the 2009 Orlando .NET Code...
2009-03-31
1,452 reads
Lunch in Town
One of the guys I met at the Denver User Group pinged me last week for lunch, and I agreed....
2009-03-31
1,819 reads
Blogs
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
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Let's Talk Certifications
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Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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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