2012-12-28
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Blog Posts
Index Analysis Post Christmas Update
Last week I mentioned that I had put up a few new versions of my index analysis script. Turns out...
2012-12-28
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My RSS Reader…The Great Clean Up
If you blog and call yourself a blogger then you probably have a pretty full RSS reader. Mine has been...
2012-12-28
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PASSMN Presentation Materials
Last week, I presented on extended events at the Minnesota SQL Server user group (PASSMN). The turnout was quite excellent...
2012-12-28
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Reblog: December 21 to December 27
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-12-28
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SQL Server – Skipping Function Execution when parameters are NULL
You can avoid executing a function when NULL values are passed as parameters. To achieve this you need to create...
2012-12-28 (first published: 2012-12-19)
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (Dec 2012)
Here is the December 2012 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2012-12-28
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SQL Server Cumulative Update
Microsoft today announced the latest round of SQL Server Cumulative Updates
SQL Server 2012 CU 5 – You can get more information...
2012-12-28
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Big Data: An Introduction with Hive
Hive is a data warehouse system for Hadoop that facilitates easy data summarization, ad-hoc queries, and the analysis of large datasets stored in Hadoop compatible file systems. Hive provides...
2012-12-27
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I Pulled a Forest Gump
Last Friday I went for a quick run before we packed up and headed to Steamboat Springs for a week’s...
2012-12-27
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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