Google Base
There has been some talk on Google Base on the Full Disclosure security
list. I've also seen on another blog about...
2005-11-19
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Blog Posts
MySQL 5.0 Released
Catching back up on things. MySQL 5.0 went "RTM" at the end of October.
Haven't had a lot of chances to...
2005-11-19
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New Perl Module for SQL Server released
For those who use Perl and access SQL Server, MVP Erland Sommarskog has
announced a new module which uses OLE DB...
2005-11-19
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I love wireless!!!
I took part of today off to attend the Denver Woodworking show north of
Denver. I left early because, well, I...
2005-11-18
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Named Instances and SS2K
I saw Alex's post on installing a named instance of SS2K5 and having
issues with SS2K. I wanted to note that...
2005-11-18
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Apologies and Testing
First, apologies to the Database Daily readers. I'll include one in
next week's issue as well, but the links didn't work...
2005-11-15
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Get MAXimum functionality
SQL 2005 provides a the new max specifier to be used with varbinary, varchar and nvarchar data types. You can...
2005-11-12
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Poll
If you haven't seen it, I started a poll in the editorial today. Check it out and give you answer:...
2005-11-11
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Day Zero
Today's the day!!!
SQL Server is being released as I type this and I'm online listening to the keynote from Steve...
2005-11-07
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Boycott Sony
In general I have been a Sony fan for most of my life, starting with the Walkmans they brought out...
2005-11-04
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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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Increment a number in a SQL Query based on a value
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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