Changing Context and Data Reuse
We don't have strong data consent rules in the US, but Steve thinks we should.
2019-04-23
262 reads
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2019-04-23
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Protecting Data Between Services
Microsoft is shutting down HealthVault, which means that customers need to manage their records. That's a challenge for many people.
2019-04-22
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2019-04-22
1,072 reads
2019-04-19
510 reads
SQLServerCentral Design–QotD
This is part of a series of posts that look at the changes to the SQLServerCentral design, bringing us to v3 of the site. You can see the other...
2019-04-19
70 reads
2019-04-18
1,473 reads
Scary Data Collection
More and more data is being captured and analyzed all the time. At the same time, there are varying expectations of privacy that aren't always shared between the subjects of data and the collectors. Steve has a few thoughts on how this will play out for data professionals.
2019-04-18
325 reads
Canine Corgi Completion Contest
Steve is putting on a new contest for you with some fun prizes. Put on your creative hat and submit an entry. Contest ends April 21, 2019.
2019-04-17 (first published: 2019-04-15)
5,209 reads
Securing Code Early
Last year I started to get alerts from Microsoft Repos that someone had put a piece of security information in their code that pertained to one of my Azure services. At first I was worried, but then I realized this was the public version of AdventureWorks we maintain in Azure. We've published the login so […]
2019-04-17
214 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