The Limited Usefulness of Encrypting File System (EFS) and Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
This is something that hit me as I was presenting to the Charlotte SQL Server User Group last night.
Back...
2009-02-18
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Brian Kelley
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Another Reason to Avoid Cross-Database Ownership Chaining
This past weekend we were moving database files around because we added new LUNs to an existing production cluster. We...
2009-02-13
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Counterpoint: Against Specialization
Brent Ozar wrote his Things you know now and in it he says this under his first point, Pick one...
2009-02-11
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New Security Bulletin for SQL Server 2000/2005 (MS09-004)
Affected Versions:
SQL Server 2000 SP4SQL Server 2005 SP2Unaffected Versions:
SQL Server 2005 SP3 SQL Server 2008Original Vulnerability Report:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499042/100/0/threaded
Microsoft Security Bulletin Link:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-004.mspx
Brief Analysis:
The...
2009-02-11
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Things you know now...
This was the brainchild of Mike Walsh, who asked, "What do you wish you knew when you were starting?" I...
2009-02-10
1,279 reads
Speaking / Teaching Engagements
I should have put this out earlier, before going to the SQL Server Innovators Guild , but I got too busy. Here are my current speaking / teaching engagements for the first half of the year:
2009-02-10
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SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition install - use the "right" version of the Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 install
This is something that bit us over the weekend as we attempted to install two new SQL Server 2008 Enterprise...
2009-02-09
1,802 reads
Professional Goals for 2009
Every time management / professional development book out there tells one to not only develop goals but actually write them down. That's...
2009-02-06
1,229 reads
Speaking / Teaching Engagements
I should have put this out earlier, before going to the SQL Server Innovators Guild, but I got too busy....
2009-02-06
692 reads
SQL Server security bulletin due on Tuesday
As part of its advance notification, Microsoft has released the list of security bulletins that should be coming our way...
2009-02-05
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Blogs
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...
Finally Cleaning Up Dropbox: Moving Almost a TB to Google Drive with rclone
By davebem
I’ve had a Dropbox account for years. Like a lot of people, I started...
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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