SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard on .NET Rocks!
SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard is on the latest edition of .NET Rocks! If you're not familiar with .NET Rocks!,...
2008-02-01
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Blog Posts
The Importance of Verifying Database Backups Regularly
Yesterday, as I was pulling into my driveway, my front left tire gave. Thankfully, I was going really slow and...
2008-01-31
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A Long Overdue Database Security Rant
I've been dealing with a security product from a security company in recent days that breaks best practices with respect...
2008-01-30
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First Heroes Happen Here (HHH) Comic
Microsoft and Seagate have partnered togethered to put together an IT Heroes comic (daily even). The first one is here:
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2008-01-29
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Hello Secure World - MS Site Worth Looking At
Saw this in the MSDN flash yesterday, MS has a new Silverlight site up (newest toy and all!) that focuses...
2008-01-29
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IT Transparency Posted on SSC
As I mentioned yesterday the article I wrote on IT Transparency is finally live today and now the wait to...
2008-01-29
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Ken Henderson has passed away
I know I'm not the first in the SQL Server community to post this, but Ken Henderson has passed away...
2008-01-29
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Part II of Troubleshooting Memory Issues
The Windows Server Performance Team has published part 2 of troubleshooting memory issues.
This one covers excessive paging and memory...
2008-01-29
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The Long Tail
Another book I read recently, The Long Tail by Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine goes into detail talking about some of the changes...
2008-01-29
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Thoughts and Prayers
Ken Henderson passed away this past week. I found out about it from the MVP forums as well as from...
2008-01-29
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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