T-SQL Tuesday #73 Invitation – Naughty or Nice?
Hello Dear Reader! This is the first Tuesday of the month and you know what that means. It’s time to announce the T-SQL Tuesday Topic of the month! This...
2015-12-01
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Top 3 Questions Before Submitting to a SQL Saturday
Hello Dear Reader! We are coming up upon the 9th SQL Saturday for Orlando. Orlando is where SQL Saturday began,...
2015-06-25
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Top 3 Questions Before Submitting to a SQL Saturday
Hello Dear Reader! We are coming up upon the 9th SQL Saturday for Orlando. Orlando is where SQL Saturday began, and the home to some pretty amazing speakers. We,...
2015-06-25
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Looking Out for Others Helps You Lead
I'm sitting on a plane. I'm in an exit row, still a big guy in a little seat. I go...
2015-01-22
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When the Problem is Not Them. It’s You.
Hello Dear Reader! I’ve been the Data Platform Management Lead at Pragmatic Works for almost two years now. It’s been...
2014-11-26
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PASS Summit 2014 Streaming Keynotes
Hello Dear Reader! It's that time of the year again, time for the PASS Summit and the streaming Keynote. Here...
2014-11-05
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Tales from the Query Processor III
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2014-10-31
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I'm an MVP
Hello Dear Reader! Two weeks ago I was very honored to be named a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. Since then...
2014-10-15
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#PASSVOTE 2014
Hello Dear Reader! The PASS Board of Director elections are upon us again. We have 3 spots open and 4...
2014-09-24
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Outstanding PASS Volunteer
Hello Dear Reader! In June this year I was recognized by PASS as with an Outstanding Volunteer Award. In an...
2014-09-15
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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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Let's Talk Certifications
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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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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions IV
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 [email protected] 8 [email protected]If 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