About those Read-Only Replicas
In a post, I wrote last month I showed how you can take advantage of your replicas in SQL Sever by adding a single attribute to your connection string...
2023-11-13 (first published: 2023-10-26)
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What is Azure SQL
I get asked about Azure SQL very often. This is a topic that I’ve written about and taught many times. To be honest, this is a rather large topic...
2023-11-17 (first published: 2023-10-25)
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Database Concerns – A Poll!
What are you most concerned about in your database platforms? Please pick from the list below, and expand on your choice in the comments if you like: Thanks...
2023-11-08 (first published: 2023-10-25)
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T-SQL Tuesday #167 – Encryption and Data Protection
I missed September since I was gone half the month in Europe and busy with a roadshow. And, I missed October, since I was busy this month and lost...
2023-10-25
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My data architecture book now has 15 chapters available!
Only one more chapter to go! As I have mentioned in prior blog posts, I have been writing a data architecture book, which I started last November. The title...
2023-11-08 (first published: 2023-10-23)
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Deleting a Git Branch–#SQLNewBlogger
I had someone ask me recently about deleting branches. While I had known how to delete a local branch, I had to look up how to delete a remote...
2023-11-03 (first published: 2023-10-23)
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Speaking at #DataWeekender 6.5
Super excited to share that I have been selected to speak at Data Weekender 6.5 on Saturday, November 4, 2023. I will be presenting my session, Can Microsoft Purview...
2023-10-23
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Common Mistakes in SQL Server – Part 6
In SQL Server, there are various scenarios in which you may want to consider recompiling a query or a stored procedure to ensure optimal query performance. Recompilation generates a...
2023-10-23
38 reads
Common Mistakes in SQL Server – Part 6
In SQL Server, there are various scenarios in which you may want to consider recompiling a query or a stored procedure to ensure optimal query performance. Recompilation generates a...
2023-11-06 (first published: 2023-10-23)
774 reads
The Year in Travel
Here’s my year, which is pre-populated with a couple more trips coming up in November. Those should be all, as I’ve declined to go back to the UK in...
2023-10-20
29 reads
Blogs
PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
Ten Years of PowerShell
Ten years ago today, I filmed a Pluralsight Play by Play on open source...
T-SQL Tuesday #202: 100 Hours
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this is a great prompt to start...
Forums
Stored Procedures for Server-Level Object and Column Search
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Databricks Genie Spaces for SQL Analysts: Natural Language Querying Without Leaving Your Data Platform
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The Costs of Multiple Platforms
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions II
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') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers