Automatically re-write non-sargable isnulls into sargable code in SSDT
“where ISNULL(column, ‘DontMatch’) = ‘Match’” - is kind of a bad thing to do in SQL as it means that any index...
2015-12-10
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Automatically re-write non-sargable isnulls into sargable code in SSDT
“where ISNULL(column, ‘DontMatch’) = ‘Match’” - is kind of a bad thing to do in SQL as it means that any index...
2015-12-10
45 reads
SQLSaturday Message Templates – Copy From Other Events
For those of you with access to the SQLSaturday admin site (used by event leaders) one of the things you...
2015-12-10
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The Hour of Code 2015
This year I was interested to see that they did the Hour of Code in the elementary school my daughter...
2015-12-10
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SQL F.A.D. – Trace flag 834 and columnstore indexes - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
Trace flags can be good Are special codes we, the DBA, can use to change the way the SQL Server...
2015-12-10
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Promote Community
When I present at any given event, I generally assume that the people attending have heard of the event that...
2015-12-10
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Using unique constraints
I ran into an interesting problem the other day. Given the title of the post, obviously a unique constraint was...
2015-12-10
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Hadoop Fundamentals
Have you heard about Hadoop, but never really understood what it’s all about?
Do you need to learn about Hadoop, either...
2015-12-14 (first published: 2015-12-10)
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SQL Server – Trace flag changes in Dynamic data masking in SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.0
Hi friends, In new CTP version SQL server 2016 which is 3.0, I was trying to explore the new masking...
2015-12-10
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Open Live Writer
I’m writing this post from the Open Live Writer project software. I’ve used Live Writer for years, but it’s shown...
2015-12-09
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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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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