Daily Coping 5 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to choose to see your mistakes as steps to help you learn. I preach this with the kids I coach. Mistakes will happen, but let’s...
2022-10-05
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Blog Posts
Registered for the Data Community Summit
I was reminded this week that I needed to get registered for the Data Community Summit 2022 since I’m speaking. I also needed a hotel, so I took some...
2022-10-05
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Running SQL Server in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
I previously wrote a post on how to convert a SQL Server Docker image to a Windows Subsystem for Linux distribution. I did this because if you tried to...
2022-10-05 (first published: 2022-09-27)
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Daily Coping 4 Oct
Today’s coping tip is to free up time by canceling any unnecessary plans. I. Suck. At. This. I don’t like to blow things off, and I do like to...
2022-10-04
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SQL Homework – October 2022 – Replication part 2
In August we started taking a look at replication. We learned some of the terms used, and set up a ... Continue reading
2022-10-04
28 reads
Book Review: SQL Server Query Tuning & Optimization
If you are like me and still prefer the physical book as your primary reading material, Benjamin Nevarez's book from Packt Publishing is a great book to add to...
2022-10-03 (first published: 2022-09-19)
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Daily Coping 3 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to write down three things you appreciate about yourself. I don’t mind self-evaluation, but I struggle a bit to publicly talk about things I do...
2022-10-03
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Function Vs. Performance
Recently I was looking through DBA.StackExchange when I saw a pretty simple question that I decided to answer. I went off, set up a test database and some test...
2022-10-03
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Putting counters in names
It’s not all that unusual, or unreasonable to put a counter in a name. For example let’s say you need ... Continue reading
2022-10-03 (first published: 2022-09-13)
571 reads
Being a script magpie
Last month (I ran just a little bit late writing this, it was meant to go out 9/29) Brent Ozar ... Continue reading
2022-10-01
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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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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