Daily Coping 22 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to buy an extra item and donate to a local food bank. The food banks in my area are only open limited days, especially post...
2022-12-22
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The Voice of the DBA
Daily Coping 21 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to listen wholeheartedly to someone else, without judging them. I get the chance to talk with lots of people. I make it a point when...
2022-12-21
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Daily Coping 20 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to do something helpful for a friend or family member. Easy one for me. My daughter came home from University yesterday, and I took time...
2022-12-20
28 reads
Daily Coping 19 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to give kind comments to as many people as possible today. Not an easy tip for me to follow as I’ve been a little home...
2022-12-19
30 reads
A SQL Compare Picklist
Recently a customer was trying to sync up production and development. They’d somewhat lost control of both environments and wanted to build a plan of how to sync them....
2022-12-30 (first published: 2022-12-19)
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Daily Coping 16 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to send a gift to someone new. I have been sending gifts to my daughter at college every month or so, but I decided I...
2022-12-16
39 reads
Daily Coping 15 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to support a charity or cause you care about. My big causes are food, housing, and education for those that are struggling. I like to...
2022-12-15
31 reads
Daily Coping 14 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to offer to help someone who is facing difficulties now. I’ve been very lucky in life. I find that success often has me associating with...
2022-12-14
33 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #157–The End of Year
It’s that time of the month, and I’m late. I’ve been on holiday for a week, so this is a quick post for T-SQL Tuesday. This month is hosted...
2022-12-23 (first published: 2022-12-13)
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Daily Coping 13 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to contact someone you can’t be with to see how they are. Maybe the one thing the pandemic did for me is make me think...
2022-12-13
33 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