SQL University: Architecting SQL Server Security, the Big Picture
Welcome to this semester's security week at SQL University. In previous semesters we've covered the technical aspects of SQL Server...
2011-02-07
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Blog Posts
SQLSaturday #62–Tampa Recap
I had the privilege of attending and speaking at SQLSaturday #62 – Tampa the weekend of January 15th and this is my belated recap post of what I did...
2011-02-07
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SQLSaturday #62–Tampa Recap
I had the privilege of attending and speaking at SQLSaturday #62 – Tampa the weekend of January 15th and this is...
2011-02-07
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SSIS: Custom Folder in your Package Store
Recently at SQL Saturday #57 – Houston I explained how to add a custom folder to your SSIS package store. I...
2011-02-07
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SSMS Tips and Tricks – ALTernative Highlighting
This isn’t exactly the best thing since bread (or even sliced bread for that matter), but I figured I’d share...
2011-02-07
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Using PowerShell To Search The Event Log
The “30-minute DBA” was operating in a highly effective mode. He’d automated most everything that could be automated. The first...
2011-02-07
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How to get the SQL server critical errors via mail using native T-SQL Script
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T-SQL Tuesday #015: Automation:
I am very much interested to participate in the T-SQL Tuesday event party. I have seen the...
2011-02-06
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How to setup the Database mail in SQL server 2005
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In this article I am going to show the database mail setup...
2011-02-05
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Five DMV Queries That Will Make You a Superhero in 2011!
Way back in January, 2008, I wrote a blog post called “Five DMV Queries That Will Make You A Superhero!”...
2011-02-04
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January OPASS Meeting Recap
On January 20th OPASS was pleased to have had Kevin Kline (Blog|Twitter) from our sponsor, Quest, present 10 Things Every Developer should know. This was the first regular OPASS...
2011-02-04
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Blogs
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...
Finally Cleaning Up Dropbox: Moving Almost a TB to Google Drive with rclone
By davebem
I’ve had a Dropbox account for years. Like a lot of people, I started...
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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