What’s the Age Limit for Becoming a DBA?
I received an email from a nice chap recently, concerning a subject that I’m often asked about and I wanted...
2013-10-01
1,186 reads
PowerShell – Script to Monitor Disk Space of a Group of servers – HTML Formatted Email Output
This post explains how to monitor DiskSpace of a group of listed servers in a text file.
The function Get-DiskSpaceReport comprises...
2013-10-01
4,409 reads
Stupid me #3 – Building the script component
After over 6 months of silence, it is time again for another Stupid me™®©! For those unfamiliar with the concept:
Every...
2013-10-01
367 reads
Stupid me #3 – Building the script component
After over 6 months of silence, it is time again for another Stupid me™®©! For those unfamiliar with the concept:
Every...
2013-10-01
652 reads
SQL Server :Part 1 : Architecture of Transaction Log
In our earlier post, we have discussed in detail about the architecture of the data file and different types of pages. In this post, we will be discussing about...
2013-10-01
193 reads
MidnightSQL Server Evaluation script, version 1.0
Server evaluations are a major part of my consulting business. I need to get up to speed very quickly on...
2013-09-30
1,266 reads
SQL Server :Part 1 : Architecture of Transaction Log
In our earlier post, we have discussed in detail about the architecture of the data file and different types of...
2013-09-30
10,024 reads
SQL Saturday #190 Denver Wrap Up
I must admit… Denver is my favorite town in this country. The outdoor things to do, the wide variety of...
2013-09-30
1,268 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #51
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...
2013-09-30
1,493 reads
An Experiment Concludes
That was hard work
You may or may not have noticed, but every single week day for the month of September,...
2013-09-30
1,601 reads
Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
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