Daily Coping 15 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-15
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Blog Posts
Remember this if you want to use sp_
Erik Darling, of Erik Darling Data (blog | Twitter) recently posted a very interesting video (my YouTube playlist is all Erik Darling Data videos and Honest Trailers). In this...
2020-04-15
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SSMS 18.5 Fixes from Redgate
I wrote yesterday about the issues with SSMS 18.5 and some of the add-ins from Redgate. I posted the release of the SQL Prompt fix (here: ). The teams...
2020-04-15 (first published: 2020-04-09)
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A culture of testing : T-SQL Tuesday #125
Happy T-SQL Tuesday again! Number 125. I can’t believe how long this thing has been running. In case you weren’t ... Continue reading
2020-04-14
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Daily Coping 14 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-14
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Disks performance in Azure
In our earliest post, we have discussed in detail about the factors that affect the disk performance and different types of disk offerings in the AWS platform. In this...
2020-04-14 (first published: 2020-04-05)
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Importance of Basics
Riding a bicycle
Imagine riding a bicycle and having zero knowledge how the handlebars are used for direction, how the brakes are applied for friction, how the pedals are used...
2020-04-14
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Transforming JSON data with the help of Azure Data Factory - Part 3
(2020-Apr-06) Traditionally I would use data flows in Azure Data Factory (ADF) to flatten (transform) incoming JSON data for further processing. Recently I've found a very simple but very effective...
2020-04-14 (first published: 2020-04-06)
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T-SQL Tuesday #125 Unit Testing
This month T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Hamish Watson, quarantined down in New Zealand. Like me, he has a ranch, and kids, so he has space to move around...
2020-04-14
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Vote for GroupBy Conference May 2020
GroupBy is a virtual conference, for the community and by the community. Content is focused on the Microsoft Data Platform. Speakers can submit sessions for two events: GroupBy Europe...
2020-04-14
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Roundup
A good week ago I hosted the monthly T-SQL Tuesday blog party. I invited...
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...
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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