Finding Your Next Job
We’ve had a few people in the SQL community find jobs lately and many of them attributable to their network....
2010-07-19
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Blog Posts
How to Deal with Quebec’s Extremists: Expose Their Malfeasance Publicly?
NB - to my regular blog readers, excuse the tangent here, but the local provincial extremists attempted something in my 'hood...
2010-07-19
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I Did It - PASS Nomination Application
I send my board of directors nomination application to PASS and asked for a confirmation. I always worry that something...
2010-07-19
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I’m All In – Running for the PASS Board
Yes, I’m going to run for the PASS Board of Directors. I have my application and will be sending it out...
2010-07-19
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Increasing or Decreasing Sampling Size in SSAS Data Source View Data Explorer
Recently, I have begun my quest of mastering SSAS. I realize that it may take time and I am more...
2010-07-19
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It’s the Journey
I saw this on the 37 Signals blog as “I’ve already got the prize" and found it to be both...
2010-07-19
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SQL Server 2008 Installation on Windows 7 - Help is finally here!
Whatever edition of SQL Server 2008, regardless of it being 32-bit or 64-bit, chances are, if you’re installing SQL Server...
2010-07-19
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SQL University: Introduction to Indexes, Part the First
Right, all eldritch tomes are to be closed and Elder Signs are to be put away during this course.
Welcome to...
2010-07-19
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SSIS - Event Handler Performance
Event handlers are a great tool for managing errors and other events that occur during the execution of a package...
2010-07-19
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Updating Email Addresses in SSRS Subscriptions
Creating subscriptions in SQL Server Reporting Services is a great way to distribute files to end users. If it has...
2010-07-19
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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