Recruiters, pay rates, and client budgets
If a recruiter sends me a job description, the first question I ask is, “What is the pay rate”. If...
2013-08-22
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The Podcast is in the Windows Store
If you’ve got a Windows Phone, or any of the Windows devices that support podcasts, the Voice of the DBA...
2013-08-21
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Better Searching on Google
One of the keys to being a successful technologist is being able to search for information. Google has a lot...
2013-08-21
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Speaking this Fall
I’ve been at home through the whole month of August, restingworking hard, but it’s time to get on the road...
2013-08-21
864 reads
Cannot create Cluster – the computer X is joined to a cluster
Recently attempting to install a new three node cluster I ran into a new issue. Once I was able to...
2013-08-28 (first published: 2013-08-21)
1,287 reads
Lots of ways to UNPIVOT a table
I recently read an awesome post on http://www.stackexchange.com questioning how to change columns to rows ie UNPIVOT. One answer demonstrated...
2013-08-21
1,334 reads
SSIS Deployment with PowerShell: Adding Environment References
With the release of the revamped Integration Services in SQL Server 2012, a bunch of new deployment methods were introduced...
2013-08-21
7,743 reads
Optimizing SQL Server Backup and Restore
When your databases grow, operations, like a database backup and restore, are going to take a longer time to complete....
2013-08-21
19,414 reads
Webcast Presentation Materials: Building Security Audits with Extended Events
Earlier today, I presented a session for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s; which occur every Tuesday and Thursday. In the session,...
2013-08-21
1,030 reads
SQL Server Three Valued Logic and Ansi Nulls
SQL Server uses a three valued logic with True, False, and Unknown. And, normally, SQL Server Nulls are not comparable....
2013-08-21
1,314 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