On the Tenth Day…
Silver and Gold have a way of really bringing the look and feel of the Christmas season.
Silver and Gold also...
2012-12-22
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Blog Posts
Tracking End of Support/Life Software
I wanted to save this link to the Microsoft Support Lifecycle page and thought I’d share as well. It’s a...
2012-12-22
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What Is Your Mindset?
Steve Jones sent me a link to this post about Intelligence vs Effort months ago, since then I’ve looked at...
2012-12-22
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A really simple Multiprocessing Python Example
Purpose and introduction A Python program will not be able to take advantage of more than one core or more...
2012-12-21
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Dude Where Did my AD Account Go? Troubleshooting Duplicate SID's.
Hello Dear Reader! I've been working on Setting up a Virtual Lab in using Virtual Box on my work laptop....
2012-12-21
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Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) Presentation Slides
Thanks to everyone who attended my “Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS)” for the Data Architecture Virtual Chapter. The recording...
2012-12-21
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It’s A Data Type Conversion Chart
This may not be the coolest thing in the world, but it is quite useful. From the annals of Books...
2012-12-21
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Long time no blog…
So, you may have noticed that things have been a little quiet around here of late. Sorry about that, I’ve...
2012-12-21
818 reads
On the Ninth Day…
Creating a custom data collector can be very handy for a DBA. Especially in times of troubleshooting. These collectors are also quite useful for trending and analysis. Consider this...
2012-12-21
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On the Ninth Day…
It’s the end of the world as we know it. And as the song goes…I feel fine! But hey, we...
2012-12-21
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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...
Forums
Increment a number in a SQL Query based on a value
I have an issue where I have a Bill of Material list of items...
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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