T-SQL Tuesday #54–Interviews and Hiring
It’s the May T-SQL Tuesday, and this time it’s a great one. This month the host is Boris Hristov (@BorisHristov)...
2014-05-13
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Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
- Twitter: @way0utwest
- Website: https://www.voiceofthedba.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest
- Bluesky: way0utwest.bsky.social
- Threads: @way0utwest
2014-05-13
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Administering Database Master Keys in SQL Server
A short piece that gives you the basics of how to administer the database master keys that form the basis for encryption inside of your databases.
2014-05-12
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Calling Local Speakers
Steve Jones asks for more of the local people to help teach, train, and grow the community.
2014-05-12
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Filetable–Nesting folders and files
In previous posts I showed how to create a folder in a Filetable and also how to the create (and...
2014-05-12
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Backup Responsibility
Backups are important in most companies and today Steve Jones asks who has the responsibility in yours.
2014-05-09
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Getting Local Books Online
One of the things that’s annoyed me in the last few versions is that Books Online isn’t smoothly installed for...
2014-05-08
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No Handwaving Away the DBA
Steve Jones doesn't think that companies can just do away with a DBA. Apparently there are people on the NoSQL platform that agree.
2014-05-08
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The Cardinality Estimator in SQL Server 2014 – Going Forward and Backward
I saw a talk from Joe Sack (b | t) on the cardinality estimator (CE) in SQL Server 2014 and found...
2014-05-08 (first published: 2014-04-30)
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Managers
Steve Jones thinks that the attitudes of managers need to change if we want to be more productive in the future.
2014-05-07
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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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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