Expensive CPUs
Adding non-core database features to a system can expand its capabilities, but it can also be an expensive use of your hardware and software licenses.
2026-02-04
140 reads
Hardware
Building a Data Center
A data center is a complex beast. Is it worth building and maintaining your own? Steve has a few thoughts on a data center versus a cloud.
2025-02-05
177 reads
The Rise of Data Centers
There is still a huge demand for data centers, both from cloud vendors and private enterprises.
2025-01-06
144 reads
The Invisible Disk
Steve sees disk drives as shrinking to the point of being invisible to most of us.
2024-09-09
337 reads
2024-06-17
247 reads
Portable Data Storage
Today Steve wonders if the technology for storage and data transfers has superseded the need for portable drives.
2024-01-15
169 reads
Building a PC
Steve has a few thoughts on building your own PC to help you with work or your career.
2022-06-10
266 reads
2021-04-28
121 reads
Will You Touch a Server Again?
Steve doesn't think he will ever work on server class machine again in terms of hardware. He wonders how many of you feel the same.
2021-02-17
152 reads
The Database Server Upgrade for Let's Encrypt
Let's Encrypt upgrades their database servers and publishes the details.
2021-02-01
140 reads
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...
Forums
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