Daily Coping 8 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-08
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Blog Posts
Questions to ask when designing a data architecture
When I’m leading a full-day architecture design session (ADS) with a customer and the goal is to come up with a data architecture for them, I first start doing...
2022-08-08 (first published: 2022-07-26)
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Daily Coping 5 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-05
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Notes on SQL Saturday New Jersey 2022
I was honored to attend the first SQL Saturday in New Jersey last weekend. I consulted with and helped the organizers get the event going and executed. I made...
2022-08-05 (first published: 2022-07-26)
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Run Glenn Alan Berry’s Diagnostic Notebooks Everywhere
As part of starting a new job you need a way to get a good inventory of basic information of SQL Server instances. Once you
The post Run Glenn Alan...
2022-08-05 (first published: 2022-07-26)
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Daily Coping 4 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-04
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What’s next III
In case you didn’t know I was given notice about a month and a half ago. Since I’ve talked about ... Continue reading
2022-08-04
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Daily Coping 3 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-03
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EXECUTE AS USER vs EXECUTE AS LOGIN
I use impersonation a lot. It’s a really easy way to check if someone has the permissions they are supposed ... Continue reading
2022-08-03 (first published: 2022-07-26)
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Power BI: Data Quality Checks Using Python & SQL
Picture this, you have a report in Power BI that someone passes off to you for data quality checks. There are a few ways to make sure your measures...
2022-08-03 (first published: 2022-07-26)
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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