A quick note comparing ISNULL vs COALESCE
There are hundreds of blogs that compare the T-SQL ISNULL function with the ANSI standard COALESCE function. There are also...
2016-10-13
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MS Access – Store a Different Value than Displayed in a Combo Box
It is occasionally usefully to display a different values in an Access combo box than what is actually stored in...
2016-10-13
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Check Database Server Workload - Batches/ Sec
Today's post is about a simple but very useful query.
One of the basic things one needs to check is the...
2016-10-12
3,147 reads
This Week In Data – Episode 8 (Mastering the Tech Interview)
Welcome back to another episode of This Week In Data! If you missed our previous episodes, you can watch them...
2016-10-12
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Why Can’t I View My Power BI Content Pack?
I had a call with a customer this morning discussing different ways to publish Power BI content and how to...
2016-10-20 (first published: 2016-10-12)
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Diff All Files - Reviewing Changesets Quickly
Update: 2017-07-14
Still find this incredibly awesome! Developer just updated for Visual Studio 2017 after a lot of hard work. Github...
2016-10-12
279 reads
Stretch Databases in 60 seconds
SQL Server 2016 introduces Stretch Databases, a beautiful feature that by itself makes migrating to SQL 2016 worth it. What is it? A stretch database is basically a database...
2016-10-12
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Stretch Databases in 60 seconds
SQL Server 2016 introduces Stretch Databases, a beautiful feature that by itself makes migrating to SQL 2016 worth it. What...
2016-10-12
233 reads
Webcast Tomorrow: Building an Auditing Framework for SQL Server
Faced with auditing SQL Server on a regular basis with no 3rd party tools? Where do you start? That’s what...
2016-10-12
448 reads
The Snippet Manager in SQL Prompt
I love SQL Prompt, since it makes T-SQL coding quicker and easier. One of the handiest things is the Snippet...
2016-10-12
723 reads
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...
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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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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