Setting Trace Flags and Configuring SQL Server Containers
In this blog post, we will walk through a few examples of how to configure SQL Server in Docker Containers. First, we will configure a container at runtime by...
2021-09-12
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Blog Posts
Setting Trace Flags and Configuring SQL Server in Kubernetes
In this blog post, we will walk through a few examples of configuring SQL Server in Kubernetes. First, we will create a Deployment for SQL Server, override the container’s...
2021-09-12
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My personal experience with a split-brain scenario in MSSQL Server
The split-brain scenario in a database environment is a situation whereby the communication link between two different sites is broken, as a result of this situation the production database...
2021-09-11
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AWS BYOC – Bring your own SQL Server cluster with AWS EC2 and SIOS
Originally posted on DataSteve: Introduction They are multiple options to implement HADR solution for SQL Server in AWS public cloud. The easiest way to do that is to use...
2021-09-10 (first published: 2021-08-25)
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Daily Coping 10 Sep 2021
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...
2021-09-10
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Goal Progress for August 2021
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2021. I’m late in putting this out, but here goes. Current...
2021-09-10
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The sysname datatype defaults to not NULL.
The other day I was creating a table to store some metadata. Since the metadata I was collecting (sys.databases.name for ... Continue reading
2021-09-10 (first published: 2021-08-26)
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Daily Coping 9 Sep 2021
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...
2021-09-09
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Remote Desktop: Force the resolution to match the screen size.
One of the things I hate most about using remote desktop is when the resolution for the remote server is ... Continue reading
2021-09-09
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Timeseries Analytics Capabilities, and Azure Data Explorer (ADX)
I've had a few recent conversations where customers/partners were encountering scale concerns in existing timeseries database applications hosted outside of Azure, and wished to explore the native services in...
2021-09-09 (first published: 2021-08-24)
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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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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