Clustered Columnstore Index really hates Updates
First a little background. I’m working on a large fact table that behaves itself as a slowly changing type 2...
2017-01-03 (first published: 2016-12-23)
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Indexes optimize for the system databases
Maintenance of the system databases in SQL Server regarding the indexes is important too. The system tables also have indexes...
2016-12-23
1,389 reads
ReadyRoll Development
This is the sixth part in the series: SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This post will illustrate the power of ReadyRoll when...
2017-01-03 (first published: 2016-12-23)
1,295 reads
What Agent Job is Running – Back to Basics
It is quite common to be required to investigate performance issues on the server. With this, it is occasionally necessary to be able to interpret an obfuscated job name....
2016-12-23
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What Agent Job is Running – Back to Basics
Remember When…
Back in late December of 2015, a challenge of sorts was issued by Tim Ford (twitter) to write a...
2017-01-02 (first published: 2016-12-23)
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Merry Christmas
Yesterday was the last working day before Christmas at GRE Towers. We’ve got today off. So this is just a...
2016-12-23
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SQL Saturday Returns to Rochester!
The Rochester, NY chapter of PASS is holding our 6th annual SQL Saturday on April 29th, 2017! As always, RIT is hosting our event on campus.
SQL Saturday is a free day of training centered...
2016-12-23
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Quick Command Shells–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2016-12-22
614 reads
Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016 – A match made in heaven!
For all these years Windows Server 2016 is the Windows version I was waiting for, and this blog post will explain why I’m super excited about this! With Windows Server 2016,...
2016-12-22
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Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016 – A match made in heaven!
For all these years Windows Server 2016 is the Windows version I was waiting for, and this blog post will explain why...
2016-12-22
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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