This week’s links on monitoring SQL Server performance
From time to time, I will be posting links that I encountered during the week. This is also one way...
2012-07-06
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Blog Posts
Differences in the Null Bitmap between SQL 2005 and 2012
Hello Dear Reader, I’ve been working on a series for BIDN.com, the Business Intelligence Developers Network, on how to read...
2012-07-05
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysconfigures
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-07-05
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Powershell Add-Member: IsLogBackupAllowed ?
In my previous post, I shared some of the issues I had when attempting to get Add-Member to work with...
2012-07-05
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SQL Server table partition switching
If you are using partitions in SQL Server, be aware that “partition switching” is a great feature to quickly truncate partitions...
2012-07-05
7,983 reads
The Standing Desk – In the Light
It’s been almost a month since I started the Standing Desk experiment. My first setup was down in the basement,...
2012-07-05
1,129 reads
Using Excel Macro (.xlsm) Enabled Files in SSIS
Recently while working for a client that was running SQL Server 2008 R2 I was tasked with loading an Excel...
2012-07-05 (first published: 2012-06-29)
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Fourth of July Bloopers
Here you go. The raw ones.
It’s a holiday, and usually I’m spending time with the family and enjoying the...
2012-07-04
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – syscomments
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-07-04
1,015 reads
MDX ‘Is’ Operator
I recently encountered a business scenario involving calculated members in a cube that I thought is worth sharing.
We have a...
2012-07-04
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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