How to collected inventory for SQL Server using Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) tool
Hi friends, We need to collect inventory for database migration as well as platform to set up environment for migration,...
2016-09-30
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Say hello to SQL Live Health Check - part 1
When you need to manage a number of SQL instances, monitoring them becomes one of your priority task. In some...
2016-09-30
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PowerShell -> Identify all SysAdmins in your SQL Server
No pressure. None whatsoever. There is just an Auditor standing behind you waiting for you to pull a list of...
2016-10-06 (first published: 2016-09-29)
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Finding the Attribute
I was playing with some Extended Events recently. If you haven’t tried, I’d encourage you to do so. However, working...
2016-09-29
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Cortana Intelligence Solutions
Cortana Intelligence Solutions is a new tool just released in public preview that enables users to rapidly discover, easily provision, quickly experiment...
2016-09-29
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Volunteering With PASS
I was just asked how many times I’ve been to the PASS Summit. This year will be my 12th consecutive...
2016-09-29
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Performance-Oriented T-SQL Development in Belgium
On October 10, I will come back to present in one of my favorite SQL Server conferences – SQL Server Days...
2016-09-29
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Want to Win a Free @LearningTree Course? #LtreRox - @tangentc is the first ever twitter winner!!!
As regular readers of this blog will know I teach some data courses for Learning Tree. Recently Learning Tree has...
2016-09-29
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Mastering Index – Introduction
One of the most interesting and talked about topic in database field is Index. I am writing this Series of...
2016-09-29
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My application to Microsoft
I have been eager to write this blog post for a while now. I want to share my experience of...
2016-09-29
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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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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