My job managing a calling list. : T-SQL Tuesday #150
I’m actually hosting this month and I was wondering about your first technical job. Mine was kind of interesting. I ... Continue reading
2022-05-23 (first published: 2022-05-10)
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Blog Posts
Cloud Formations – A New MVP Led Training Initiative
Hello, data friends! Let me spread a few words about the new MVP led training initiative started by my friend and fellow MVP – Paul Andrew. It’s called Cloud...
2022-05-22
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Cloud Formations – A New MVP Led Training Initiative
Hello, data friends! Let me spread a few words about the new MVP led training initiative started by my friend and fellow MVP – Paul Andrew. It’s called Cloud...
2022-05-22
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Efficient Cheating at Lego Video Games
Foreword
I’ve started to play Lego Video games with my daughter, and since it’s one of her first games, it can be a little frustrating.
Even though there are no high...
2022-05-21
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Come to VS Live Austin in June
I’ll be at VS Live this June to speak on a couple of topics. I love that city and I’m excited to get back to an in-person event. You...
2022-05-20 (first published: 2022-05-02)
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Daily Coping 20 May 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-05-20
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SQL Homework – May 2022 – Books on Line
No one knows everything. Ask any senior level person in IT and they’ll tell you that they spend plenty of ... Continue reading
2022-05-20 (first published: 2022-05-05)
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Daily Coping 19 May 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-05-19
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Running dynamic SQL in a different database
This is one of those things that on hindsight was a stupid problem, but still cost me hours and a ... Continue reading
2022-05-19
67 reads
Daily Coping 18 May 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-05-18
24 reads
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