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...
2011-08-16
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Jason Brimhall
Send DBMail
With SQL Server 2005, Microsoft improved the methods available for DBAs to send email from SQL Server. The new method is called Database Mail. If you want to send...
2011-08-15
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Send DBMail
With SQL Server 2005, Microsoft improved the methods available for DBAs to send email from SQL Server. The new method...
2011-08-15
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Summit 2011
Call me a slacker. I have been postponing registering for Summit 2011. I wanted to be sure that I had the week available in order to attend. I finally...
2011-08-11
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Summit 2011
Call me a slacker. I have been postponing registering for Summit 2011. I wanted to be sure that I had...
2011-08-11
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TSQL Tuesday 21 – FAIL FAIL FAIL
It is TSQL Tuesda… err Wedn… err Tuesday for August 2011. This month the party is a day later and bringing us oodles of failure. Adam Machanic is hosting...
2011-08-10
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TSQL Tuesday 21 – FAIL FAIL FAIL
It is TSQL Tuesda… err Wedn… err Tuesday for August 2011. This month the party is a day later and...
2011-08-10
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FK Hierarchy v 2.1
Last month I published an update to my Foreign Key Hierarchy script. Today, I am providing a new update for that script. A friend (Rémi Grégoire) helped out with...
2011-08-09
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FK Hierarchy v 2.1
Last month I published an update to my Foreign Key Hierarchy script. Today, I am providing a new update for...
2011-08-09
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S3OLV August Meeting II
I recently published a post about the upcoming meeting for S3OLV. This post is to serve as an update to the post. It is quite important that a more...
2011-08-08
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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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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