Validating null values in a column without using ISNULL or NVL.
We can check for null values using count.
2016-02-26 (first published: 2016-02-16)
1,197 reads
Scripts
Cleanup old text files on the errorlog directory
SQL Agent job to cleanup all old text files on the errorlog directory.
2016-02-25 (first published: 2016-02-23)
476 reads
Change SQL Server Service Accounts with Powershell
If you need to change multiple SQL Server Services accounts across your environment, Powershell can do that for you.
2016-02-24 (first published: 2016-02-19)
6,766 reads
Orphaned login report for all databases
Running the sp_change_users_login @Action=Report against all databases with a simple cursor wrapped around it.
2016-02-23 (first published: 2016-02-04)
1,305 reads
NULLs to Not NULLs
Script finds char types columns defined to allow NULL values but have non NULL values and generates the ALTER statements for the changes.
2016-02-22 (first published: 2016-02-08)
1,036 reads
Grant EXECUTE on all user-defines types
Gives execute permission on all user-defined types for the specific user
2016-02-19 (first published: 2016-02-03)
856 reads
SQL Agent job to show SQL Server service details upon agent restart
To show SQL Server and physical server details upon instance restart so that we have visibility of unexpected issues with servers and services.
2016-02-18 (first published: 2016-02-04)
750 reads
Enhanced Index Rebuild Script
Enhanced version of Index Rebuilt Script originally written by Michelle Ufford, which now includes latest version updates and additional features.
2016-02-17 (first published: 2016-02-04)
1,951 reads
Restore Redgate Transaction logs files via SQL
The script will restore the all the transaction logs files generated by Red Gate after extracting into .trn files.
2016-02-16 (first published: 2016-02-02)
535 reads
2016-02-15 (first published: 2016-01-29)
970 reads
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RegEx Functions II
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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