SQL Agent Permissions
Problem
I was contacted by a user asking if it was possible for his team to be able to execute specific...
2016-12-21
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SQL Server and Hyper-threading
This post is about the CPU utilisation in the Standard, Web and Express editions of SQL Server because there is limitation for them. Licensing is given at the end of...
2016-12-20
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SQL Server and Hyper-threading
This post is about the CPU utilisation in the Standard, Web and Express editions of SQL Server because there is limitation for them. Licensing is given at the end of...
2016-12-20
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SQL Server and Hyper-threading
This post is about the CPU utilisation in the Standard, Web and Express editions of SQL Server because there is limitation...
2016-12-20
284 reads
Implementing Fuzzy Sets in SQL Server, Part 6: Fuzzy Numbers and Linguistic Modifiers
By Steve Bolton
…………I’ve written several amateur tutorial series on this blog in order to more quickly absorb difficult data mining,...
2016-12-30 (first published: 2016-12-20)
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Database Configuration
It’s amazing just how much the landscape changed with the release of SQL Server 2016 SP1. For example, I just...
2016-12-20
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The New PASS Logo and More
Change is not always easy. In fact, change is hard.
“Change” is a word from which some people shy away, and...
2016-12-20
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SQL Server 2016 has reduced the NoSQL JSON “advantage” over SQL Server
Microsoft has finally implement support for JSON data in SQL Server 2016 and in Azure SQL Database. In a previous...
2016-12-20
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Database Backup History – Back to Basics
In this article I explore the basic of querying backup history data as a foundation to reporting on essentials such as storage and job management.
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2016-12-20
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Database Backup History – Back to Basics
Remember When…
Back in late December of 2015, a challenge of sorts was issued by Tim Ford (twitter) to write a...
2016-12-20
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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