Sql script to find invalid email addresses

Question

A data import was done from an access database and there was no validation on the email address field. Does anyone have an sql script that can return a list of invalid email addresses (missing @, etc).

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM people WHERE email NOT LIKE '%_@__%.__%' 

Anything more complex will likely return false negatives and run slower.

Validating e-mail addresses in code is virtually impossible.

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