How to Data Compress Varchar(MAX)
I talk a lot about compression. I’ve blogged a pretty decent amount on it as well. One of the things...
2012-08-08
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Blog Posts
More Suggestions for SQLSaturday Admin Tools
I just finished the draft schedule for SQLSaturday #151 in Orlando and wanted to write some notes about the process....
2012-08-08
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SQLSaturday #160, Kalamazoo
Date: September 22, 2012
Title: So I started this blog…now what?
Abstract:
Ever thought about trying your hand at blogging? Or maybe you’ve...
2012-08-08
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SSIS: Transfer SQL Server Object using SMO
we often face a situation to move SQL server object beween servers or databases, when you have constant table list...
2012-08-08
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Startup Jobs
Are there things you need to make sure are running when your SQL Agent starts? Did you know that you...
2012-08-08 (first published: 2012-08-02)
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Visio 2010 Forward Engineer Add-in
Somehow I missed this gem that’s been around for quite a while so I thought I would share it in...
2012-08-08
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Book Review: On Writing A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
I just finished this book. Literally. Sitting on an airplane in route from Orlando to Charlotte NC. I got up...
2012-08-07
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Can I still buy per socket licenses for installing SQL2008 R2 ?
Many times I have seen this question coming from users - Can I still buy per socket licenses for installing SQL2008...
2012-08-07
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Colorado SQL - August 2012
This month Kevin Kline will be presenting "End to End Troubleshooting" at the Boulder, Colorado Springs, and Denver SQL Meetings
Summary:...
2012-08-07
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Creating a DDL Trigger
One of the most amazing features to an old SQL Server 4.2 guy was the addition of DDL triggers to...
2012-08-07 (first published: 2012-07-31)
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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