CosmosDB and Consistency
I was doing a little work with CosmosDB recently, and there were a few things that surprised me about the platform. I’m also not 100% sure I completely understand...
2022-01-28 (first published: 2022-01-17)
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 28 Jan 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...
2022-01-28
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Get SQL Server Configuration using T-SQL
As a SQL architect or database administrator, it is required to know how to get SQL Server configuration using T-SQL. This post will share
2022-01-28
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Microsoft industry clouds
In talking with Microsoft customers, I have found that most are not aware that Microsoft has created industry clouds (see Microsoft Industry Clouds). So I wanted to use this...
2022-01-28 (first published: 2022-01-18)
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Parsing scripts with ScriptDOM
In the last post I wrote about what ScriptDOM is and why it is useful. From this post, I will explain how it can be put to use. What...
2022-01-28 (first published: 2022-01-27)
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sp_GetRowcount: How to count the number of rows in any SQL Server table fast
Have you ever had to find the number of rows in a user table, and then wrote a little “SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tblWhatever” and hit execute…and waited…and waited…and waited...
2022-01-28
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SQL Server - How to comma-separated values into different columns
This article will demonstrate the method to store comma-separated values into different columns using SQL Server(T-SQL) query.
2022-01-28
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SQL Server – Retrieve Physical Cores, Physical and Virtual CPUs, and Processor type information
Today's post describes SQL queries to get the following information about the processors of a SQL Server instance: 1. The total number of ph
2022-01-28
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SQL Server agent jobs without notification using T-SQL
This article will describe how to get a list of SQL Server agent jobs without notifications using T-SQL . Read more here
2022-01-28
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T-SQL Query to change Integration Services Catalog (SSISDB) database Master Key encryption password
Learn how to change the Master Key encryption password for an SQL Server Integration Services Catalog (SSISDB) database in SQL Server.
2022-01-28
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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