Setting a Dedicated Login To Run DMV Queries in SQL Server 2005\2008
In order to run server scoped DMV queries, you must have VIEW SERVER STATE permission for the login you are...
2010-01-20
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Glenn Berry
SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 6 Released
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 6 (CU6) for SQL Server 2008 SP1, which you can request here. This is Build...
2010-01-19
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Three Big Things That Got Me Here
I was tagged by Steve Jones in the meme that Paul Randal started a few days ago, so I need...
2010-01-19
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A Few Useful Queries for SQL Server 2008 Integrated Full Text Search (iFTS)
I had a hardware issue this past weekend on one of my database servers where I am running SQL Server...
2010-01-18
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Intel Nehalem-EX and Database Performance
Intel is talking about the upcoming launch of the next generation Intel Xeon processor (Nehalem-EX) being bigger than the Xeon...
2010-01-18
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Second Shot Promotion For Microsoft Certification Exams
Microsoft and Prometric have renewed their Second Shot promotion for certification exams. This allows you to retake a failed exam...
2010-01-16
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The Energy Detective TED 5000 Installed And Working
Back in October, I ordered one of the new TED 5000 energy monitors directly from Energy, Inc. in Charleston, SC....
2010-01-16
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PASS 2009 Speaker Evaluation Scores
Since quite a few PASS 2009 speakers have gone public with their speaker evaluation scores, I might as well do...
2010-01-15
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Using Synthetic Benchmarks To Help Evaluate Database Server Hardware Choices
As a DBA, I think it is very important to stay current on trends in x64 based hardware. The DBA...
2010-01-15
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Installing SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2
There is a recent post on the Microsoft SQL Server Support Blog about how to get SQL Server 2008 and...
2010-01-12
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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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Increment a number in a SQL Query based on a value
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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