More Denali Execution Plan Warning Goodies
In my last blog, I showed how the execution plan in denali has been enhanced by 2 new warnings ,conversion...
2011-10-19
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Blog Posts
Moving to House of Brick
Starting Halloween Monday I will be a Technical Consultant for House of Brick Technologies.
To everyone out there saying "Didn't you...
2011-10-19
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Next PASS Summit is Nov 6-9, 2012
After enjoying the entirely reasonable weather in Seattle in October this year we’ll return to our more traditional time frame...
2011-10-19
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No longer just an admin but a DB Astronaut : A poem.
Today we have a guest post from Phil Factor as Brad is on vacation.
‘ I used to fettle databases as...
2011-10-19
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October 2011 SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries
Since Microsoft released the official name for “SQL Server Code Named Denali” last week at the PASS 2011 Summit, it...
2011-10-19
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Query Memory Spills
When you sometimes look at Execution Plans, you can see that the SELECT operator has
sometimes a so-called Memory Grant assigned....
2011-10-19
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RSS Tuning Whitepaper notes and clarifications
This morning this caught my eye on SQLServerCentral.com: Maximizing SQL Server Throughput with RSS Tuning(it came with a catchy SQLCAT...
2011-10-19
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SQL Server – Moving table with LOB data to different file group
Last week, i posted about moving tables to different file groups by recreating indexes. However, this method does not *work*...
2011-10-19
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Using sys.dm_exec_requests to find a blocking chain
A query that calls sys.dm_exec_requests and pulls the statement text out of the request is a handy script for any DBA's...
2011-10-19
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We Are Community
Today I was planning on writing a summary post of PASS Summit experience but something happened last night that caused...
2011-10-19
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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...
Forums
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