SQL Server DMA – Data Migration Assistant V2.0
One of the benefits of twitter is that you get to hear about new tools quickly, one of the tools...
2016-11-01
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PASS Summit 2016 Wrapup
Last week I had one of the best experiences of my career – attending this year’s PASS Summit in Seattle. I...
2016-11-01
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Get Backup History for All Databases in Server
Here's a quick snippet to get a listing of the database backups that last occurred on a server. Most solutions...
2016-10-31
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Why Halloween slowed your queries
Let me start by saying that this isn’t your typical post about the Halloween problem. This is intended to describe...
2016-10-31
997 reads
Get Backup History for All Databases in Server
Here's a quick snippet to get a listing of the database backups that last occurred on a server. Most solutions...
2016-10-31
953 reads
Watch my PASS Summit Session on PASS TV
I’m just returning from an amazing week at PASS Summit where I meet many of you while working our Pragmatic...
2016-11-08 (first published: 2016-10-31)
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t-sql random string generator
Note: originally published in our old blog on December 2008.
CodeProject
This is a simple stored procedure that you can use to generate a random string. You can use it...
2016-10-31
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t-sql random string generator
Note: originally published in our old blog on December 2008.
CodeProjectThis is a simple stored procedure that you can use...
2016-10-31
5,304 reads
A Recap of PASS Summit 2016
Yes, it’s that time of the year again. It’s time for the annual PASS Summit. Just like every year, I...
2016-10-31
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The Halloween Problem
DBA: Help me! Help me! It’s Halloween! I have a problem! Oh won’t you please help me!
Ok, so that’s really...
2016-11-07 (first published: 2016-10-31)
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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