2008-10-28 (first published: 2008-07-25)
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Compare databases structure
This procedure is supposed to compare structure (tables, procedures, triggers, foraign keys etc.) of two specified databases.
2008-10-27 (first published: 2008-08-19)
3,085 reads
Are disk volumes fragmented on server? Does it require to be defragged
Disk Fragmentation is one of the cause of degraded performance. Use this script for fragmentation analysis report.
2008-10-24
831 reads
2008-10-24
756 reads
The Ultimate Prospective-Index Column(s) Selectivity Analyzer
Gets single-column and cumulative-column selectivity stats and @Top largest dupe sets for each cumulative column stepping for a set of one or more columns for a table.
2008-10-24 (first published: 2008-08-01)
2,151 reads
2008-10-23
1,472 reads
2008-10-23 (first published: 2008-08-24)
1,929 reads
2008-10-22
1,322 reads
Delimited String Parsing Functions - Big2D set
Feed it large strings of double-delimited horizontal data and it returns it back as a non-pivoted vertical table with a 2-diemensional star schema.
2008-10-22 (first published: 2008-08-05)
1,181 reads
Delimited String Parsing Functions - Basic Set
Feed it delimited horizontal data and it returns it back as a vertical table.
2008-10-20 (first published: 2008-08-05)
2,719 reads
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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