SQL and Skiing – SQL Saturday #183
This weekend of SQL Saturday #183 in Albuquerque, NM. It’s the first SQL Saturday in that state, and it’s a...
2013-01-30
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Blog Posts
SQL Server – Attach Database with MDF file only
Earlier on my blog I posted about how you can attach a database using T-SQL when no log file is...
2013-01-30
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SSIS 6 Million Rows in 30 Seconds using standard laptop
First of all I would like to thank Koen Verbeeck and Joost van Rossum for great suggestions that helped to...
2013-01-30
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Are You A Technical Expert or Manager?
Expert or Manager? Why not both.
Are you a Technical Expert or a Manager? You certainly cannot be both.
At least that’s...
2013-01-29
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Are You Signed Up for 24 Hours of PASS–Business Analytics?
If you have not signed up for the 24 Hours of PASS-Business Analytics you should be. This is a great...
2013-01-29
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Clustering Concepts for the Common Man
SQL Server clusters are widely used, and widely misunderstood, which makes people like our good friend (and clustering MVP) Allan...
2013-01-29
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Cultural Anthropology and Business Intelligence–A Tribute to Dr. Thomas C. Correll
A tribute is an expression of gratitude or praise. Last year I started a series about individuals who have impacted...
2013-01-29
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Day 23 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Restoring Differential Backups With New Files
It’s day 23 of my 31 Days of Disaster Recovery series, and today’s blog post is inspired from an email...
2013-01-29
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My view isn’t reflecting changes I’ve made to the underlying tables.
Problem: You’ve added columns to the base table of one of your views, but the view isn’t reflecting the change.
Over...
2013-01-29 (first published: 2013-01-21)
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New Year Aspirations – Christian Bolton – Author
As a former mentor Christian is used to me asking him all sorts of random questions, but this time it’s...
2013-01-29
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Blogs
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Roundup
A good week ago I hosted the monthly T-SQL Tuesday blog party. I invited...
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...
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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