A Multitude of Summary Views in SQL Compare 15
A client asked for a summary of changes, so I wrote a post to show where to find this in SQL Compare 15. As I was checking out the...
2023-09-08 (first published: 2023-08-07)
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100 Days to the Data Community Summit Keynote
The start of learning at the 2023 PASS Data Community Summit is 100 days away. I checked. The Summit starts for many of us on Monday with precons or...
2023-08-07
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Copilot Experiments: A little PowerShell help
It’s been a little while since I’ve had time to relax a bit and try some AI help. This is another experiment I made. A user on SSC asked...
2023-09-01 (first published: 2023-08-04)
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A New Word: Idlewild
idlewild – adj. feeling grateful to be stranded in a place where you can’t do much of anything, which temporarily alleviates the burden of being able to do anything...
2023-08-04
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Things I Carry in My Travel Bag
A friend asked me for some travel tips and ideas recently. One of their questions was on what types of things do I actually carry on the road, both...
2023-08-03
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What’s in a SQL Server Managed Instance?
My current position involves a lot of work with SQL Server Managed Instances so you’ll probably be hearing a lot ... Continue reading
2023-08-23 (first published: 2023-08-03)
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Finding Identity Columns–#SQLNewBlogger
I had to find a set of identity columns recently and through this would make a good blog post. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves...
2023-08-25 (first published: 2023-08-02)
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Using Secrets in Docker Swarm for SQL Server
In a previous post I went through how to run SQL Server in Docker Swarm and in this post I want to continue delving into the Docker Swarm platform...
2023-08-23 (first published: 2023-08-02)
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Disable Activity is Finally Available in Azure Data Factory!
Since I first used Azure Data Factory, I looked for the 'disable' option on an activity, and it wasn't there! I quickly went to the ideas...
2023-08-02
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Creating and Configuring a Power BI VNet Data Gateway
If you are using Power BI to connect to a PaaS resource on a virtual network in Azure (including private endpoints), you need a data gateway. While you can...
2023-08-21 (first published: 2023-08-01)
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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...
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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