Which user function do I use?
Earlier this week I was scripting out a table with some legacy columns (InsertDate and InsertBy for example). If you...
2015-06-30 (first published: 2015-06-24)
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SQL Code Guard - Developer build: just as planned
Well, not exactly just as planned, but at last!
Few minor fixes
[*] fixed unparsed with CONTAINS condition[*] fixed xtra "ST010 Use...
2015-06-24
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Some simple examples of querying xml with sql
XML is a beast if you’ve never tackled it. Here are some simple examples of what I discovered as I...
2015-06-24
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Leveraging SQL Server Database Schema
Leveraging SQL Server Database Schema
Data warehouses typically pull data from various sources and combine the data into a common repository....
2015-06-24
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Exams 70-457 & 70-458 - Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012
This past week I finally completed the 70-458 exam to upgrade my certification to MSCA: SQL Server 2012. I never...
2015-06-24
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MSSQLTips / Tegile Systems Webinar Wrap up
Thank you all for attending my MSSQLTipswebinar today with Sumeet Bansal from Tegile Systems! In the presentation, I made reference to...
2015-06-23
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Our Meeting and The Day Out
Last week, Redgate Software had a large company meeting and our annual Day Out, with myself and a few dozen...
2015-06-23
709 reads
Precon in Columbus OH
I’ll be doing a precon for SQLSaturday #421 in Columbus Ohio on July 10th, 2015 titled “Planning a High Availability and Disaster...
2015-06-23
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SSC Editorial: Sweat Files and Practice Projects
Published last week on SQLServerCentral, Sweat Files and Practice Projects is about the need/lack of packaged projects that a newbie...
2015-06-23
343 reads
Pie Charts Aren’t THAT Evil!
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] Its time to take a well deserved 1/2 time break in my 8 part post series on SQL Partitioning and so I have...
2015-06-22
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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...
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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