T-SQL Tuesday #38 – Standing Firm
It’s T-SQL Time again, and this time it’s #38, from Jason Brimhall (b | t | li). The topic this month is...
2013-01-08
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday #38 – Standing Firm
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jason Brimhall. Being as this is January, lots of people are making New...
2013-01-08
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What port is my instance listening on?
I just had the interesting task of finding the port number that one of the instances I deal with is...
2013-01-08
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XML schema (XSD)
When creating XML documents, you must work from a design that defines the structure of the document. This strengthens the...
2013-01-08
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Full-Text Search – Stoplists in SQL Server
Full-text search is an interesting subsystem in SQL Server. It allows you to implement searches through a variety of text...
2013-01-07 (first published: 2012-12-31)
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How I like to learn a t-sql command
Recently I received a security request and realized I wasn’t comfortable in my ability to script out the t-sql commands...
2013-01-07
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How to move file through FTP by CMD ?
CMD code to upload file direct into root of FTP site of server
@ echo off
REM ******** this batch file is to...
2013-01-07
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I Need Your Vote!
Do your civic duty, and vote today!
Voting is now open for SQLBits, to be held in Nottingham, UK this...
2013-01-07 (first published: 2013-01-03)
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January 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
Today is the first Monday of 2013. Do you know if your servers are ready to take on the first...
2013-01-07
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Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #14
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out through out...
2013-01-07
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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