Pause for a Minute
Ever needed a pause in a script? Maybe want to retry something after a minute? This article gives a quick snipped of code that will help you implement a pause in your script.
2002-09-26
6,962 reads
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Kill That Target!
Having trouble with a target server (TSX)? Steve Jones did in his environment. Read about how he worked around the issue to restore administrative capabilities.
2002-09-16
7,255 reads
The Dot Com Bust - Part 2
It's been a year since Steve Jones last wrote about the state of the DBA job market after the economy soured. Here's an update of the last year.
2002-09-09
4,502 reads
ANSI Options Part 4 - ANSI_WARNINGS
Part 4 examines more ANSI options that are available in SQL Server. A simple setting with some unexpected (for the author) results.
2002-09-03
4,767 reads
SQL-DMO for Beginners
How many of you are VB programmers? How many of you have never worked with DMO? This is the article if you don't work with VB or DMO, but want to get started. One of the more powerful tools that you can add to your arsenal.
2002-08-29
13,013 reads
Review: MSSQLCrack
A new SQL Authentication password cracker you should be aware of. It can crack your SQL passwords and give you an idea of how secure you are.
2002-08-20
18,057 reads
Sort of Unique
Recently Steve Jones noticed that someone wanted to use a UDF to enforce uniqueness. No big deal, right? Well this person wanted to enforce uniqueness based on some other column value. A bit of a challenge, but this article presents a couple ways to handle this.
2002-08-12
4,271 reads
Ansi Options Part 3 - ANSI_NULL_DFLT_ON
The behavior of SQL Server is influenced in many ways by the various settings and options available. This series will examine some of the ANSI options that can be set and changed in SQL Server.
2002-08-07
3,929 reads
Review: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
A look at a new security tool from Microsoft for analyzing your SQL (and other) servers.
2002-07-30
5,043 reads
The Vision Series
From News.com, this series contains a bunch of interviews and surveys of a number of CTOs from large US corporations. Worth a read to see what the heavy spenders think.
2002-07-25
2,551 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...
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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