Basic XML Queries–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I ran across a question recently on querying...
2021-05-10
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 10 May 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...
2021-05-10
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Expanding Inclusion and Diversity – Better Linking
I’m a native English writer/speaker. Some might debate how well I really know the language, but I am a native. I wasn’t a good student of languages. I struggled...
2021-05-10 (first published: 2021-04-26)
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Query Compile Time
A question that came up recently was how to track the query compile time. It’s actually a pretty interesting question because, there aren’t that many ways to tell how...
2021-05-10
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New Blog post- Best practices for migrating Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon EC2 using CloudEndure Migration
Check out my new blog post-Best practices for migrating Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon EC2 using CloudEndure Migration
2021-05-09
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New Blog post- Best practices for migrating Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon EC2 using CloudEndure Migration
Check out my new blog post-Best practices for migrating Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon EC2 using CloudEndure Migration
2021-05-09
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Azure SQL database security
In Azure database, security is managed through multiple-layers such as network layer, server layer and database layer. A secure blue print in deploying Azure SQL(more...)
2021-05-08
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Azure SQL database SKU selection
When migrating on-premise SQL Server database to Azure SQL environment, identifying the right compute capacity of the target environment to match the resource consumption of(more...)
2021-05-08
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Data Saturday #8–Southwest US
I am very excited to announce that I will be speaking for Data Saturday #8 – Southwest US, coming up on Saturday, May 15, 2021. I will be delivering...
2021-05-08
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Data Weekender v3.1
I am super excited about this new version of Data Weekender, coming up on Saturday, May 15, 2021. This will be the third time I have been selected to...
2021-05-08
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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