Clearing Plan Cache in SQL Database (Azure)
Sometimes when in a testing mode I do like to clear cache within my SQL database (Azure). Nowadays a lot...
2017-01-05
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Running SQL Queries with Visual Studio Code
Reading this blog post by Shawn Melton Introduction of Visual Studio Code for DBAs reminded me that whilst I use...
2017-01-10 (first published: 2017-01-05)
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gethynellis.com 2016 Review
The year gone was an interesting year for gethynellis.com and GRE Solutions. Any year that has a new release of...
2017-01-05
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How to attach a new data disk to Azure VM using Azure Portal
In this blog I will tell you how we can attach a data disk to an Azure Virtual Machine using...
2017-01-05
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Sequence – Long awaited feature
As per BOL (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff878058(v=sql.110).aspx) : A sequence is a user-defined schema-bound object that generates a sequence of numeric values according to...
2017-01-05
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Announcing SQL Saturday Chicago Precon Training Session
Heraflux is proud to announce that I am teaching a preconference training session at this year’s upcoming SQL Saturday in Chicago....
2017-01-04
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Create quick queries quickly with SSAS in Azure
In a perfect world a data warehouse would always return all queries very quickly, no matter what the size or...
2017-01-04
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Quick Prompt Tips–Custom Procedure Templates
One of the things that I often do is create stored procedures. The syntax for doing so is simple, but...
2017-01-04
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The Side Project
When I first started working as a technologist some 17 years ago, I was doing fairly low-level stuff: moving and...
2017-01-11 (first published: 2017-01-04)
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When was SQL Server installed?
In this blog post. Let us learn about how to retrieve date and time when the SQL Server was installed. To retrieve...
2017-01-04
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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