Thank You!
I am humbled and honored (and more than a little horrified) to be on this list of the Best of...
2014-02-06
703 reads
Grant Fritchey
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Time for a Quick Rant
This is an actual quote from what we can only assume is a functional human being:
The database is very big...
2014-01-20
699 reads
Database in Source Control
Many years ago, I was working with a great DBA. Seriously, a very smart and capable guy. He told me,...
2014-01-15
1,201 reads
Sausage Making
For those who don’t know, I work for Red Gate Software. I’m not a developer, but I work directly for...
2014-01-15 (first published: 2014-01-08)
2,042 reads
Speaker of the Month, January 2014
A whole new year. Cool.
I was at SQL Saturday DC, #233, at the beginning of December. I sat through several...
2014-01-03
753 reads
Set Up And Schedule a Server Side Trace
How to use Profiler to generate TSQL scripts that can be modified and automated to run as a server-side trace
2013-12-31 (first published: 2010-12-02)
13,578 reads
Tribal Awards: Vote Now!
The #tribalawards voting is now online. Get over there and get it done.
I honestly don’t care who you vote for...
2013-12-23 (first published: 2013-12-20)
920 reads
How to Set Up Managed Backups in SQL Server 2014
Earlier this week I introduced the concept of Managed Backups (and caused less of a turmoil than I thought I...
2013-12-19
2,853 reads
Speaking in 2014
I love that I get to travel around and learn from my #sqlfamily. We’re still filling in the majority of...
2013-12-18
671 reads
Introducing Managed Backups in SQL Server 2014
Some of the new functionality of 2014 is straight forward, non-controversial and easily welcomed by the community. Think, updateable column...
2013-12-17
2,347 reads
Blogs
No Shortcuts for the SQLCMD Batch Terminator: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was messing around with SQLCMD and I realized something I hadn’t known. I’ve...
Where Is My SQL Agent? Running Scheduled Jobs Against Azure SQL Database
By gbargsley
One of the first things I review when I inherit a new SQL Server...
AgentDBA vs Critical SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
It’s 07:43. Someone’s already left a message. “Something’s wrong with the DB server.” You...
Forums
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Question of the Day
Detecting Characters
I have a SQL Server 2022 English default installation on a server. I want to detect if there are any upper case characters in rows and I have this code:
SELECT CustomerNameID,
CustomerName
FROM dbo.CustomerName
WHERE CustomerName = LOWER(CustomerName)
Here is the sample data I am testing with:
CustomerNameID CustomerName 1 John Smith 2 Sarah Johnson 3 MICHAEL WILLIAMS 4 JENNIFER BROWN 5 david jones 6 emily davis 7 Robert Miller 8 LISA WILSON 9 christopher moore 10 Amanda TaylorHow many rows are returned? See possible answers