Powershell, SMO, and Add-Member - Not Always BFF
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working with SMO to implement some maintenance routines across my clients. Because of...
2012-07-04 (first published: 2012-06-28)
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Blog Posts
Does Encryption Affect Seeing Statements in Deadlock Graphs?
Good question. I don’t have a clue. So let’s set up a test. I’ll create this stored procedure:
CREATE PROCEDURE DL2e
...
2012-07-03 (first published: 2012-06-25)
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July 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
The year is half over and for many of us, specifically those in the United States, it’s a tricky week...
2012-07-03
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Lunch is for Wimps
A real life DBA tale from the trenches with some awesome advice. That’s what one reader chose to share with...
2012-07-03
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Speaker Selection for SQLSaturday Orlando-Group #4
Ten speakers selected, and as we go into the July 4th holiday we’re going to add two more to that...
2012-07-03
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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (July 2012)
Here is the latest version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements to...
2012-07-03
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SQL Server Auditing – Getting started
In my organization, one of my jobs is auditing our database environment. I’ve been tasked with this responsibility for several...
2012-07-03
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SQL Server Get Identity after Insert using SP
I thought I will share my experience how you can get identity value after insert using SQL Server. I have...
2012-07-03
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SSIS SCD vs MERGE Statement – Performance Comparison
I wouldn’t class myself as an expert in SSIS but I certainly know my way around but came across something...
2012-07-03
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Useful new DMV’s in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 and SQL Server 2012
Introduction
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and SP1 and SQL Server 2012 has a new set of DMVs that includes sys.dm_server_memory_dumps,...
2012-07-03
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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