Speaking at the NYC Lunch and Learn–May 23
In a couple of weeks, I’ll be in New York City for the Redgate DevOps Devour Hour Lunch and Learn. This is at the Industrious office at 730 3rd...
2025-05-07
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Blog Posts
Using a Local Large Language Model (LLM): Interacting with Local LLMs Using PowerShell
As AI continues to evolve, many of us are looking for ways to leverage large language models (LLMs) without relying on cloud services. As we learned in my previous...
2025-05-07 (first published: 2025-04-22)
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Your SQL Server Is Whispering…Are You Listening?
Early Warnings of a Meltdown (and How to Catch Them) Most SQL Server crashes don’t come out of nowhere. They leave breadcrumbs – red flags that something’s not right....
2025-05-07
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On “Leisure Crafting”
I wrote not too long ago about planning out downtime, but I found a great article from the Harvard Business Review about the importance of doing so. The article...
2025-05-06
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SQL Saturday New York City 2025 is Back!
After missing last year, SQL Saturday New York City is back in 2025. I’m excited to go to the event and honored to speak there. I love visiting New...
2025-05-06
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T-SQL Tuesday #186 Invitation - Managing Agent Jobs
This month, I am hosting T-SQL Tuesday for the very first time. T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party originally created by Adam Machanic in 2009 and currently curated...
2025-05-06
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Create a Linked Server: #SQLNewBlogger
I had a customer recently that was asking about Linked Servers and some development advice. I was going to show them a few things and realized I hadn’t created...
2025-05-05
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Monday Monitor Tips: Finding the Hostname for Queries
I was chatting with a customer recently and they wanted to know which host was sending in queries that were causing problems in real time. This post looks at...
2025-05-05 (first published: 2025-04-21)
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Preparing for the TOGAF 9 Certified Exam
Now that I’ve completed both TOGAF 9 tests, I am putting up a couple of quick posts on how I prepared for these Enterprise Architecture exams.
2025-05-05
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Streamline Dependency Management in Databases
In the intricate world of business, where precision and efficiency are paramount, managing database dependencies can often feel like navigating a labyrinth. Imagine having a tool that not only...
2025-05-05 (first published: 2025-04-21)
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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