Backup Master Database
The story came from a question someone asked me.
Does Master database support full recovery mode?
As I remembered, by default,...
2012-07-07
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Blog Posts
Basic SQL Interview Questions
We decided to add blog post that covers only basic SQL Interview questions and answers. The blog currently provides only...
2012-07-07
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Data Manipulation Language
In this blog post we describe what is Data Manipulation Language (DML) and include this article in our exam guide...
2012-07-07
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysconstraints
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-07-07
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – syscurconfigs
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-07-07
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MDX ClosingPeriod and PeriodsToDate
I’ve decided that the best way to spend a day of 104 degree weather is to sit inside and write...
2012-07-07
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Speaker Selection for SQLSaturday Orlando-Group #4
We’ve selected 10 speakers so far, today we bring it to a fabulous bakers dozen with three more – all based...
2012-07-07
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Find the size of Index in SQL Server
As we know, sp_spaceused gives the size of table and index but it gives the sum of size of all...
2012-07-06
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Get Dependent Databases, Tables, Columns…
Quite often people need to write a new T-SQL application to replace an existing one for various reasons. For instance,...
2012-07-06 (first published: 2012-06-29)
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IOPS verses Throughput – Measuring Performance of Your Storage
Working on a recent consulting job, I was asked to explain the difference in throughput, which is, measured in MB/s...
2012-07-06
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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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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