TSQL Sudoku II
As luck would have it, today I came across this TSQL Challenge. It just so happens that I had already...
2011-08-23
1,084 reads
Jason Brimhall
SQL Saturday 94
SQL Saturday 94 in Salt Lake City is fast approaching. Will you be there? I submitted three sessions in hopes of maybe getting one selected. Last year, I only...
2011-08-22
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SQL Saturday 94
SQL Saturday 94 in Salt Lake City is fast approaching. Will you be there? I submitted three sessions in hopes...
2011-08-22
683 reads
Bitwise Operations
Some time ago, I wrote an introductory post about bitwise operations in SQL Server. I had fully intended on writing a follow-up to that. Alas the opportunity has passed...
2011-08-19
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Bitwise Operations
Some time ago, I wrote an introductory post about bitwise operations in SQL Server. I had fully intended on writing...
2011-08-19
1,598 reads
Derived Table Column Alias
By now, you have heard of subqueries. You have also heard of Common Table Expressions. I am sure you know what a derived table is and that you get...
2011-08-18
42 reads
Derived Table Column Alias
By now, you have heard of subqueries. You have also heard of Common Table Expressions. I am sure you know...
2011-08-18
920 reads
TSQL Sudoku
I am a big Sudoku fan. Typically if I need a break, I will break out a Sudoku puzzle from any of a number of different sources (Websudoku, Android...
2011-08-17
10 reads
TSQL Sudoku
I am a big Sudoku fan. Typically if I need a break, I will break out a Sudoku puzzle from...
2011-08-17
1,040 reads
Top 5 Oracle Nuances I learned Today
I don’t do much with Oracle – at all. Once in a blue moon, I find a little project to do that might involve Oracle. I have never put...
2011-08-16
9 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