TDS Endpoints: SQL Server’s “Listener”
In the land of Oracle, if you want to prevent user access to your database, you stop the listener. Without...
2012-04-17
1,756 reads
Colleen M. Morrow
So I started this blog…now what?
Date: May 19, 2012
Location: SQLSaturday #119, Chicago
Abstract:
Ever thought about trying your hand at blogging? Or maybe you’ve started a blog...
2012-04-14
572 reads
Thoughts on Twitter
We hear a lot about social media these days: Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter, etc. More and more, we’re expected to...
2012-04-09
969 reads
Slacking Off: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
It’s finally Friday. Grab a cup of coffee, a breakfast pastry of choice, and take a break with some non-SQL...
2012-04-06
808 reads
What’s stopping you?
I mentioned earlier this week that I’m working on a new presentation for SQLSaturday #119 next month. The talk revolves...
2012-04-04
530 reads
Backup script skipping databases – and the fix!
A real head-scratcher
I’ve been using my RYO Maintenance scripts for a little while now, and they’ve been working great. Almost....
2012-04-02 (first published: 2012-03-26)
1,947 reads
Goals – 9 month checkup
Nine months down, three to go*. It’s time once again to see where I’m at with the goals I set...
2012-04-02
974 reads
RYO Maintenance Plan – History Cleanup
The last step in our campaign to rid the world of maintenance plans deals with housekeeping: the history cleanup step....
2012-03-22
990 reads
RYO Maintenance Plan – Integrity Checks
Happy Monday! Everyone fully recovered from St. Patrick’s Day? Hopefully the weather where you are was as perfect as it...
2012-03-19
891 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades, Master of None?
Every month the folks of the SQL Server community get together for a virtual block party of sorts called T-SQL...
2012-03-13
696 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