System Base Tables
On January 19th, I published a post about the Dedicated Administrator Connection. I spoke very briefly of the system base tables in that article. Today, I want to dive...
2012-01-30
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Jason Brimhall
Slammer, Alive…Barely
By now you must have heard of the SQL Slammer worm. It was quite an infectious little nuisance. The harm it caused came largely due to unpatched, unprotected SQL...
2012-01-24
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S3OLV February 2012
Do you recognize this person?
If you are from the Colorado Springs area, you probably do. This is:
Troy Ketsdever (twitter)
Troy will...
2012-01-23
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S3OLV February 2012
Do you recognize this person? If you are from the Colorado Springs area, you probably do. This is: Troy Ketsdever (twitter) Troy will be presenting...
2012-01-23
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S3OLV – Jan 2012 Meeting Recap
Last week (Jan 12, 2012), we held the user group meeting for the SQL Server Society of Las Vegas (a.k.a...
2012-01-20
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S3OLV – Jan 2012 Meeting Recap
Last week (Jan 12, 2012), we held the user group meeting for the SQL Server Society of Las Vegas (a.k.a S3OLV or SSSOLV). Presenting at that meeting was Josh...
2012-01-20
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Dedicated Administrator Connection
Recently you may have read my article about some hidden functions in SQL Server. In that article you learned that...
2012-01-19
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Dedicated Administrator Connection
Recently you may have read my article about some hidden functions in SQL Server. In that article you learned that those functions were in some DMOs and that you...
2012-01-19
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Blackout
What more can I say. I disagree with the kind of legislation that is being presented via SOPA and PIPA.
In...
2012-01-18
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Blackout
What more can I say. I disagree with the kind of legislation that is being presented via SOPA and PIPA. In support of the community, my site will be...
2012-01-18
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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
I have an issue where I have a Bill of Material list of items...
Follow Your Hunch
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What Happens When You Ask a Local AI to Query Your Database?
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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