Advent of Code – Day 1 – Parsing a variable
I have been following the series of posts written by my friend and SQL MCM Wayne Sheffield on some TSQL...
2016-01-19
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Name Your Defaults So SQL Server Doesn't
Something in SQL Server that isn’t always obvious to beginners is that when you create a default value for a column on a table, SQL Server creates a constraint...
2016-01-19
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SQL Saturday Melbourne (#464) – 20 Feb 2016
For those not aware SQL Saturday is coming to Melbourne on Sat 20 Feb 2016. SQL Saturday is an excellent free learning resource for all things SQL Server – all costs are...
2016-01-18
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SQL Saturday Melbourne (#464) – 20 Feb 2016
For those not aware SQL Saturday is coming to Melbourne on Sat 20 Feb 2016.
SQL Saturday is an excellent free learning...
2016-01-18
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Disabling SQL Server Network Protocols
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2016-01-18
1,099 reads
Q&A: Multiple SQL Server Instances on a VM
I recently received a great question through email. It was whether or not it is a good idea to have...
2016-01-18
1,135 reads
Five Years, A Quiet Quarter, A Look Ahead to 2016
Five Years of Blogging
From to My blogging story started on December 7, 2010. I have now had a blog for...
2016-01-18
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Removing All SQL Server Query Store Data
While setting up example code for my presentation at SQL Cruise (which is going to be a fantastic event), I...
2016-01-18
540 reads
To the page and back again
To the page
It’s not one of those things you have to do frequently but every now and again you need...
2016-01-18
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Getting Started with Change Tracking in SQL Server
Change tracking for SQL Server is a flexible and easy-to-use technology for monitoring tables for inserts, updates, and deletes. In...
2016-01-18
1,087 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