Freecon – Oct 27 in Seattle
Just over a week ago I announced that SQL Solutions Group was getting ready to host a day of training,...
2015-09-23
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Inside an SSDT Deployment Contributor
In my deployment filter I have been asked a couple of times to allow columns that exist on a table...
2015-09-23
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Inside an SSDT Deployment Contributor
In my deployment filter I have been asked a couple of times to allow columns that exist on a table...
2015-09-23
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Inside an SSDT Deployment Contributor
In my deployment filter I have been asked a couple of times to allow columns that exist on a table...
2015-09-23
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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 about when you create the dacpac, possibly you have...
2015-09-23
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Inside an SSDT Deployment Contributor
In my deployment filter I have been asked a couple of times to allow columns that exist on a table that do not exist in a dacpac to be...
2015-09-23
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SSC Editorial: The Counter Offer – Part 1/Part 2
Counter offers (and the related discussions) are an emotional topic. The comments on two of my editorials for SQLServerCentral (The...
2015-09-23
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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
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SQL Server’s TIMESTAMP Is Not What You May Think It Is. - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
TIMESTAMP vs. DATETIME: What’s the diff? The TIMESTAMP data type in SQL Server is not what you may think it...
2015-09-23
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Pratical Use of a SQL Server Database Snapshot
I was doing a database code deployment the other night and the first step in the release plan was “Take...
2015-09-29 (first published: 2015-09-23)
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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