Backups and Giveaways! Day 1
We have 16 days until Christmas. Since I started this blog, I've posted every day Monday through Friday. I am...
2013-12-09
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SQL Saturday DC Lessons Learned – Humility, Paying it Forward, and Dedication
This past weekend I attended SQL Saturday #233 in Washington DC. I presented a session this year titled “Backup and...
2013-12-09
563 reads
MDX Order by Multiple Criteria
The MDX language includes an ORDER function that orders members of a set in ascending or descending order based on a numeric (or string) expression. The syntax of the...
2013-12-08
21 reads
MDX Order by Multiple Criteria
The MDX language includes an ORDER function that orders members of a set in ascending or descending order based on a numeric (or string) expression. The syntax of the...
2013-12-08
37 reads
MDX Order by Multiple Criteria
The MDX language includes an ORDER function that orders members of a set in ascending or descending order based on...
2013-12-08
800 reads
Gotcha!!! Trying to install SQL Server 2012 on Windows 8.1 Professional
OK, after several tranquillizers and much grey hair, I found out why SQL Server 2012 will NOT install on Windows...
2013-12-07
8,377 reads
My First Windows Update Gone Bad
I don’t think I’ve ever had a Windows Update go bad - until this week.
I recently upgraded to Office 2013 and late Monday afternoon, decided to check in with...
2013-12-07
16 reads
Superfast Broadband – can be a drawn out slow and frustrating process
I’m writing this blog post to simply to vent some frustration. I live in Wales’ third largest city, Newport and...
2013-12-06
933 reads
Reblog: November 29 to December 5
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...
2013-12-06
823 reads
Speaker of the Month, December 2013
This will be my fifth speaker of the month post. Do a search to see the others.
I try to find...
2013-12-06
621 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