A New Word: the Wends
the wends– n. the frustration that you’re not enjoying an experience as much as you should, which prompts you to try plugging in various through combinations to trigger anything...
2024-04-12
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7 Best Online Advanced SQL Training Courses to Learn in 2024 and Beyond
The world runs on data, and SQL is the key to unlocking its secrets. If you're ready to level up your SQL game, online training is a power move....
2024-04-26 (first published: 2024-04-10)
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Manually Updating Redgate Monitor/SQL Monitor Patch Info
This post looks at updating the patch information for SQL Monitor/Redgate Monitor without using the automated process. I have other posts on SQL Monitor as well. I heard from...
2024-04-10
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Bringing the Redgate Seminar to Brisbane
We’ve been on a Redgate tour this year, running lots of events to interest, educate, and inspire customers. We know that there are challenges in building and operating database...
2024-04-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #173–The AI Job Helper
This month I had a new host, Pinal Dave. I was surprised to see he hadn’t hosted, but I didn’t see him in the list. His invite is interesting,...
2024-04-09
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Data Search within SQL Server Databases
Search and Export Script for SQL Server Databases
Plainly speaking, this article is about searching for a specific value inside all tables and their columns of a SQL database and...
2024-04-24 (first published: 2024-04-09)
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DevOps Book Recommendations
I’m out today, coaching in Salt Lake City. However, I’ve been thinking about a few books after discussions with various customers and attendees at a few events. I wanted...
2024-04-26 (first published: 2024-04-08)
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Book Review – Deciphering Data Architectures
I recently purchased and read the book Deciphering Data Architectures – Choosing Between a Modern Data Warehouse, Data Fabric, Data Lakehouse, and Data Mesh by James Serra. James –...
2024-04-24 (first published: 2024-04-08)
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Slides from SQL Saturday SLC 2024 – Zero Downtime
Thanks to everyone that came to my presentation at SQL Saturday SLC 2024. This post has a few links for you: Code and repo: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime Slides: Architecting Zero Downtime.pptx...
2024-04-06
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Learning SQL Book Review – Best Free Book for Learning SQL for Beginners
Data is everywhere, and if you want to make sense of it, SQL (Structured Query Language) is your secret weapon. Whether it’s managing customer data or analyzing trends, SQL...
2024-04-19 (first published: 2024-04-06)
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Blogs
Ten Years of PowerShell
Ten years ago, I published a post about filming a Pluralsight Play by Play...
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...
T-SQL Tuesday
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
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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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RegEx Functions II
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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