LivingForSQLServer celebrates 2nd year anniversary today
It's been 2 years since I wrote my first blog post on SQLServerCentral ("What happens when a query is submitted").
No...
2012-12-05
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Blog Posts
My Writing Toolkit for the book project
I’m in the middle of writing the first chapter of my book. I’m not just ready to announce the working...
2012-12-05
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Next Chennai SQL Server UG Meet Is Scheduled
Chennai SQL Server user group meet is scheduled for Dec'2013.
Venue: Microsoft Training Centre, Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai
Landmark: Opposite to President hotel
Timing: 09:30...
2012-12-05
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Plan cache bloat by SQLAgent (Prior to SQL2008) !
Recently I was checking the plan cache utilization with the help of the below query which I normally use for...
2012-12-05 (first published: 2012-11-29)
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About
I am a geek, husband, father, geocacher & gratuitous consumer of satellite signals (not in that order). I’ve been in IT professionally for over two decades doing web development,...
2012-12-04
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Backup History
This is a quick rewrite of the script I just posted a few days ago. The script had a few...
2012-12-04 (first published: 2012-11-30)
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Get Performance Counters from within SQL Server
I think most DBAs know that you can use the Windows Performance Monitor to capture performance metrics for your SQL...
2012-12-04
913 reads
How to create site directly in new content db
Hey Friends,
Sometime when we build a new SharePoint site or site collection. We may feel to create in a new...
2012-12-04
390 reads
On the Advantages of DateTime2(n) over DateTime
Starting with SQL 2008, we database developers started becoming more familiar with datetime2. Sometimes folks need convincing though, so here...
2012-12-04
12,264 reads
SQL Server Policy Based Management Alerts
SQL Server Policy Based Management Alerts
Problem
Policy-Based Management is used to enforce standards on SQL Servers and it's great. But not...
2012-12-04
4,338 reads
Blogs
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...
Finally Cleaning Up Dropbox: Moving Almost a TB to Google Drive with rclone
By davebem
I’ve had a Dropbox account for years. Like a lot of people, I started...
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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