Excel as a Database Professional
People ask me all the time how to become a DBA. This is a topic that so many colleagues of
mine...
2015-09-24
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SQL Server Enterprise Edition Advanced Scanning
It is widely known that SQL Server Enterprise Edition contains a range of improvements, which under certain conditions allow you to perform operations in a more optimal way in...
2015-09-24
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SQL Server Enterprise Edition Advanced Scanning
It is widely known that SQL Server Enterprise Edition contains a range of improvements, which under certain conditions allow you to perform operations in a more optimal way in...
2015-09-24
13 reads
SQL Server Enterprise Edition Advanced Scanning
It is widely known that SQL Server Enterprise Edition contains a range of improvements, which under certain conditions allow you...
2015-09-24
1,611 reads
Database Mirroring Isn’t Going Anywhere
AlwaysOn Availability Groups is a great technology that centralizes the management of High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Scale-Out. However, in...
2015-09-24
1,333 reads
Dynamic SQL & Quotename
Not quite fineprint, but sure feels like it!
Quotename can be a pretty cool function to simplify your dynamic sql, as...
2015-09-23
920 reads
Deployment Contributor KeepTableColumns Filter
To help with this scenario (it is pretty specific):
You have a table that has columns that you do not know...
2015-09-23
875 reads
Deployment Contributor KeepTableColumns Filter
To help with this scenario (it is pretty specific):
You have a table that has columns that you do not know...
2015-09-23
51 reads
Deployment Contributor KeepTableColumns Filter
To help with this scenario (it is pretty specific):
You have a table that has columns that you do not know...
2015-09-23
73 reads
Freecon – Oct 27 in Seattle
It is well known that there is a wealth of information within Extended Events. One can tap plenty of information about performance issues, errors, or general interest type stuff...
2015-09-23
23 reads
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