SQL Server 2016 has reduced the NoSQL JSON “advantage” over SQL Server
Microsoft has finally implement support for JSON data in SQL Server 2016 and in Azure SQL Database. In a previous...
2016-12-20
3,648 reads
SQL Development Wizard
Invoke-SqlCmd and error results
Don’t trust Invoke-SqlCmd and error resultsI love to call Invoke-sqlcmd from powershell but one must beware of the risk of...
2016-12-19
27,222 reads
Don’t trust Invoke-SqlCmd and error results
Don’t trust Invoke-SqlCmd and error results
I love to call Invoke-sqlcmd from powershell but one must beware of the risk of...
2016-12-13
60 reads
Terminate a SSIS package after specific time interval.
Terminate a SSIS package after specific time interval.
There are several ways you can execute scheduled SSIS package/job they are:
A) SQL...
2013-06-25
8,991 reads
Run DBCC CHECKDB on a regular basis
Problem One common task as DBA is to run DBCC CHECKDB on a regular basis to detect and correct potential corruption...
2013-04-18 (first published: 2013-04-10)
11,902 reads
SQL Server Policy Based Management Alerts
SQL Server Policy Based Management Alerts
Problem
Policy-Based Management is used to enforce standards on SQL Servers and it's great. But not...
2012-12-04
4,350 reads
Running a document database on Sql Server
Running a document database on Sql Server.
Since Microsoft is slow to come out with a product of their own to...
2012-09-26
14,758 reads
Unwanted dependency between different parts of the code
Small systems tend to grow with new functionality and new access points. When the system grows, the need for data...
2012-08-16
1,142 reads
JSON and the NoSQL “advantage” over SQL Server
First what is JSON?
JSON: JavaScript Object Notation.
JSON is syntax for storing and exchanging text information, similar to XML.
JSON is smaller...
2012-06-25 (first published: 2012-06-14)
18,276 reads
Don’t Pass Null
I’ve been rereading an excellent book called “Clean Code” by Robert C. Martin. This book has some practices that each...
2012-06-08
1,216 reads
Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
Forums
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 [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