Secure Coding
I was looking recently for some sort of guideline that would help me ensure that code was securely written. I...
2014-05-07
840 reads
Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
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2014-05-07
1,728 reads
Filetable–Moving files programmatically
I’ve been playing with Filetable and I was asked an interesting question. Can I move files to a folder programmatically?
It’s...
2014-05-06
1,826 reads
Vocation or Career
Do you have a vocation or career? Steve Jones talks a bit about the difference today.
2014-05-06
166 reads
Lots of Security Concerns
This past week saw lots of security concerns, especially around data. Steve Jones has a few comments about the implications.
2014-05-05
105 reads
Sabbatical Decisions
My employer, Red Gate Software, offers a sabbatical to their employees, and this year I’m taking mine. I’ll be gone from...
2014-05-02
1,046 reads
The Gadget Itch
What would build if you had time? Anything fun or interesting? What's on your mind if you're a maker?
2014-05-02
136 reads
2014-05-02
1,853 reads
Continuous Delivery Visualization
A good one, one of the better diagrams I’ve seen.
From http://markosrendell.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/practical-benefits-of-continuous-delivery/
Now if we can get tooling and processes to make...
2014-05-01
802 reads
2014-05-01
84 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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Increment a number in a SQL Query based on a value
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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