Power BI for Office 365 requirements
“Power BI” is an umbrella name for a lot of products, which I explain at Power BI first impressions (also I have...
2013-12-12 (first published: 2013-12-03)
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Disk Space GUI Tool – Multiple Servers with GridView and Email Output
This tool helps you get the disk space information on the computers of your choice. Either you can type the...
2013-12-03
880 reads
SQL in the City and SQL Saturday–Washington DC
Actually, Maryland, but close enough. I’ll be in Chevy Chase this weekend, first for our SQL in the City Seminar...
2013-12-03
699 reads
Upcoming Special Events for the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Groups
I'm happy to announce a big slate of upcoming events for Baton Rouge User Groups and especially the SQL Server...
2013-12-03
644 reads
Webinar Q&A: Practical SSAS: Getting Started with Analysis Services
A couple of weeks ago I did two webinars for the Pragmatic Works Free Training on The T’s. The first...
2013-12-03
1,282 reads
Webinar Q&A: SSIS Design Patterns for Loading a Data Warehouse
I’m not going to sugar coat it. I’ve been a bit of a slacker lately. Unfortunately I didn’t get the...
2013-12-03
1,585 reads
Testing labs
What sort of testing lab do you setup when you're testing things out? I hear see the world adventureworks almost...
2013-12-13 (first published: 2013-12-03)
1,271 reads
So, This Happened Today…
It started like any other Monday following a long holiday weekend. Hundreds of emails to filter through, a new client...
2013-12-03
511 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #60
Monday morning and it’s time for weekly round-up. If you follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet...
2013-12-02
1,123 reads
Accidently Kicking a Database into the Restoring State
I learn new things all the time. This was one that actually stunned me. Huge props to Gail Shaw for...
2013-12-11 (first published: 2013-12-02)
2,375 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...
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