Stress Testing Stored Procedures with Free Tools
I currently have a presentation named Performance Tuning for Pirates. This presentation goes over using several free tools to help...
2012-07-12
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Blog Posts
Understanding the CDC State Value
If you are using Change Data Capture (CDC) it can be very useful to look at the CDC State table...
2012-07-12
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Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild meeting tonight
If you're in or around the Midlands of South Carolina area, the Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild meets the 2nd Wednesday...
2012-07-11
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Decryption and CASTing
In my last encryption post I showed how to encrypt and decrypt data with a symmetric key. However there was...
2012-07-11 (first published: 2012-07-03)
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Different ways to move Sql Server file location
Different ways to move Sql Server file location For space issue on drive , performance load balancing or some other reasons,...
2012-07-11
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Many speaking engagements!
I have several speaking events coming up, and I would love to see you there!
First of all, I'll be...
2012-07-11
1,047 reads
Microsoft PivotViewer
Microsoft PivotViewer is a really cool Silverlight web-based control that provides a visual way to interact with massive amounts of data (download)....
2012-07-11
1,318 reads
Quick tip: configure SQL Server authentication mode using T-SQL
SQL Server stores its authentication mode in the registry. The registry can be read and updated using the T-SQL commands...
2012-07-11
1,299 reads
SQL Hide ‘n Seek
When was the last time you had to find something within your database? Did it feel more like a child’s...
2012-07-11
1,280 reads
SQL Hide ‘n Seek
When was the last time you had to find something within your database? Did it feel more like a child’s game or an arduous task? What would you say...
2012-07-11
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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