SQLpassion in the time of Covid-19
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2020-03-16
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Blog Posts
ADF – Continuous Integration & Deployment with Azure DevOps
Building CI/CD process for Azure Data Factory is not quite straightforward. Furthermore, there are a few different methods of doing that. Before we begin doing that, we must set...
2020-03-14
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ADF – Continuous Integration & Deployment with Azure DevOps
Building CI/CD process for Azure Data Factory is not quite straightforward. Furthermore, there are a few different methods of doing that. Before we begin doing that, we must set...
2020-03-14
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Probing Columnstore Indexes
In this article, our focus will be to test, the performance benefits of columnstore indexes, on a transactional (OLTP) workload, for real-time analytics.
We'll cover examples from each of...
2020-03-14
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Change the size of the grid results view in SSMS
After my post last month about configuring your tools I’ve been on a make my life easier kick and one ... Continue reading
2020-03-13 (first published: 2020-03-04)
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Re-teaming is Good: Here’s Why
Note: This post is based on an editorial I originally published over at SQL Server Central Years ago, I worked on a fabulous team of eight database administrators We...
2020-03-13
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Webinar Postponement and #SQLPASS group leaders heads up
Yesterday I wrote about three upcoming webinars I’m giving, which you don’t need to be in attendance for. Unfortunately, the one scheduled for next week with Idera and BankDirector...
2020-03-13
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Women’s History Month and Being Better
This month is Women’s History Month, and it’s a chance to stop and think about the impact that women have had in history. After reading Monica Rathbun’s post on...
2020-03-13 (first published: 2020-03-03)
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Collation Conflict with Extended Events
The default collation for SQL Server is a pretty bad idea. Sure, it works but so does SQL Server 7. When you have the opportunity to update to more...
2020-03-12
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Import Databases to Azure SQL Database
I recently spoke at a conference and was asked what is the easiest way to import databases to Azure SQL Database. Therefore, I wanted to share how I do...
2020-03-12 (first published: 2020-03-04)
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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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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