SQL Server 2008 Installation Fails to Start
Recently I have been installing a new SQL Server 2008 instance on Vmware vSphere based virtual server, the OS was...
2010-06-04
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Blog Posts
SQLIse A PowerShell SQL Server Query Tools Gets an Update
After the first release of SQLIse (“SQL Ice”)--a basic IDE for T-SQL that includes ability to edit, execute, parse, format...
2010-06-04
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TechEd Next Week
I’m flying out early Sunday morning, looking forward to four days at TechEd. It will be a break from the...
2010-06-04
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The Nature of the Database-Driven Developer
Bear with me as I wax philosophical for two sentences. Our societies are becoming more polarized with each passing day. ...
2010-06-03
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Catch Performance Issues Early!
I have posted this before elsewhere. However, due to the frequency in which I come across this, I feel it’s...
2010-06-03
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Daily SQL Server 2008 new Feature – Day 15
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-03
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Drive Space
I found a cool series of scripts from Jeremiah Peschka on getting disk space from SQL Server. They’re useful queries,...
2010-06-03
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List of indexes and Parallel queries
Today while being on forum found this information so though to blog for future reference. thanx Uri Dimant for sharing...
2010-06-03
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Notes about Server SSDs
Note: This isn’t a recommendation or endorsement, just notes from some research I’ve done. Please contact your vendor before making...
2010-06-03
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One more Fix Database Role in SQL Server
Fixed Database Rols are: db_ddladmin, db_owner, db_accessadmin, db_securityadmin, db_backupoperator, db_datawriter, db_datareader, db_denydatawriter, db_denydatareader + one more that is dbm_monitor.
This is...
2010-06-03
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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