Microsoft releases SQL Server 2014 CTP2
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2014 CTP2 (download):
What’s new in SQL Server 2014 CTP2?
New Mission Critical Capabilities and Enhancements
Enhanced In-Memory...
2013-10-24
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Architecture Reasons for Putting BLOBs in the Database
I was participating in a Twitter Chat looking at what suggestions and recommendations for developer on how to make the...
2013-10-24
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MDX #32 – Vincent Rainardi’s blog
I came across Vincent Rainardi’s blog, and thought I’d share it with the readers.
Sherry Li and Tomislav’s 2012 MDX Cook...
2013-10-24
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SQL #52 – set statistics xml on
When tuning SQL queries, I find that I use the following three SET options quite often.
set showplan_xml on
When showplan_xml...
2013-10-24
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SQL #51 – Timeout when updating a big table
A co-worker recently asked me why she would get timeout when updating a column in a big table. This column...
2013-10-24
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Memory Optimization Advisor – SQL Server 2014 CTP2
SQLServer 2014 CTP2 came with an inbuilt tool called Memory Optimization Advisor which will help you in migrating your normal...
2013-10-23
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Webcast Follow-Up: How Do Non-Clustered Indexes Improve Performance?
Earlier this month, I presented a session for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s on the selecting the clustered index for a...
2013-10-23
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Webcast Follow-Up: Choosing Your Clustered Index
Earlier this month, I presented a session for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s on the selecting the clustered index for a...
2013-10-23
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PASS Summit 2014-Networking Dinner & After Hours
Yes, it is early, but I’ve set up the invitation for the fifth annual Monday Night Networking Dinner at the...
2013-10-23
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Unexpected truncation in FETCH
Yes I’m talking about FETCH as in a cursor, yes everyone hates cursors. But you know cursors are like anything...
2013-10-23
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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