TempDB Excessive Memory Usage Example
I see TempDB using more memory than I feel it should and found a way to resolve it. Previously I dove into technical details and questioning what I saw...
2016-02-01
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Simple SQL Server
Tim Ford’s Entry-Level Content Challenge
All bloggers started as beginners. We picked things up, learned them, and got to the point where we wanted to...
2016-01-26
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Tim Ford’s Entry-Level Content Challenge
All bloggers started as beginners. We picked things up, learned them, and got to the point where we wanted to start sharing our knowledge. The problem is that most...
2016-01-26
17 reads
Querying Deadlocks From System_Health XEvent
It’s easy to query XEvents to see some of the basic info in deadlocks, including the system_health session which is...
2016-01-27 (first published: 2016-01-25)
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Querying Deadlocks From System_Health XEvent
It’s easy to query XEvents to see some of the basic info in deadlocks, including the system_health session which is already capturing this information by default. This script will,...
2016-01-25
106 reads
Shrinking Database Data Files
Normal DBAs will sum up shrinking a database data file in one word: NO!
I’ll talk to you about this subject because...
2016-01-19
1,702 reads
Shrinking Database Data Files
Normal DBAs will sum up shrinking a database data file in one word: NO! I’ll talk to you about this subject because I’m not normal. Still, my goal is that...
2016-01-19
52 reads
SQL Saturday Cleveland #SQLSat473
On February 6, 2016, Cleveland is hosting a free training event for SQL Server. This has a lot of the...
2016-01-11
538 reads
SQL Saturday Cleveland #SQLSat473
On February 6, 2016, Cleveland is hosting a free training event for SQL Server. This has a lot of the great stuff from the big, paid events, and skips...
2016-01-11
16 reads
TempDB memory leak?
I found a bug where I’m seeing TempDB use more memory than it should on multiple versions of SQL Server,...
2016-01-08 (first published: 2016-01-05)
3,366 reads
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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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RegEx Functions IV
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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