The Future of PASS
2020 has been a tough year for PASS. It’s primary fund raiser – the PASS Summit – was converted to a virtual event that attracted fewer attendees and far...
2020-12-04 (first published: 2020-11-21)
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Blog Posts
[Video] Azure SQL Database – Import a Database
Quick Video showing you have to use a BACPAC to “import” a database into Azure (Via Storage container),
2020-12-03
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Daily Coping 3 Dec 2020
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...
2020-12-03
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Speaking at DPS 2020
I was lucky enough to attend the Data Platform Summit a few years ago. One of my favorite speaking photos was from the event.Me on a massive stage, massive...
2020-12-03 (first published: 2020-11-19)
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SQL Homework – December 2020 – Participate in the Advent of Code.
Christmas. Depending on where you live it’s a big deal even if you aren’t Christian. It pervades almost every aspect ... Continue reading
2020-12-03
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Updating my Kubernetes Raspberry Pi Cluster to containerd
There’s been a lot of conversations happening on twitter over the last couple of days due to the fact that Docker is deprecated in Kubernetes v1.20. If you want...
2020-12-03
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Why Aren’t You Automating Database Deployments?
Building out processes and mechanisms for automated code deployments and testing can be quite a lot of work and isn’t easy. Now, try the same thing with data, and...
2020-12-03 (first published: 2020-11-23)
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Daily Coping 2 Dec 2020
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...
2020-12-02
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Differences between using a Load Balanced Service and an Ingress in Kubernetes
What is the difference between using a load balanced service and an ingress to access applications in Kubernetes? Basically, they achieve the same thing. Being able to access an...
2020-12-02 (first published: 2020-11-23)
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New-DbatoolsQuestion | Invoke-DbatoolsDiscussion -Platform Github
Chrissy LeMaire (blog | twitter) pinged me earlier this week to tell me about Github Discussions. It’s a new feature of Github which is similar to Stack Exchange, but...
2020-12-02
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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