Note to Self
Not only should you pay respect to those giving of their time, but you should spend a little time to also give back to the community. I will say...
2019-06-11
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Blog Posts
The butterfly effect. T-SQL Tuesday #115
This month, our host Mohammad Darab (b/t) has given us an interesting subject. Dear 20 year old self. Where we ... Continue reading
2019-06-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #115 – Dear 20-Year-Old Self
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday blog is brought to us by Mohammd Dorab (b | t) and this month topic is about what you would tell your 20-year-old self now...
2019-06-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #115 – Dear 20-Year-Old Self
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday blog is brought to us by Mohammd Dorab (b | t) and this month topic is about what you would tell your 20-year-old self now...
2019-06-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #115 – Notes to 20 year old Wayne
There’s a lot that goes on in June. From the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Fathers Day, to the official start of summer (though it feels like it already!)....
2019-06-11
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Using Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows to populate Data Vault
(2019-May-24) Data Flow as a data transformation engine has been introduced to the Microsoft Azure Data Factory (ADF) last year as a private feature preview. This privacy restriction has been lifted...
2019-06-11 (first published: 2019-05-24)
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What is the key to automated database deployments?
In my blog post here https://the.agilesql.club/2019/06/what-steps-are-there-to-move-to-safe-automated-database-deployments/ I described the steps you need to go through so you can build up your confidence that you are capable of deploying databases...
2019-06-11
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What is the key to automated database deployments?
In my blog post here https://the.agilesql.club/blogs/ed-elliott/2019-06-10/steps-to-automated-database-deployments I described the steps you need to go through so you can build up your confidence that you are capable of deploying databases...
2019-06-11
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Azure Cosmos DB Intro
Cosmos DB falls into the “NoSQL” technology group, call it a buzz word if you like but it is very different to classic Relational Databases such as SQL Server....
2019-06-10
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Do you have rarely used indexes that are hurting performance of writes?
We know that indexes are necessary for query performance but comes with overhead during DML operations. Usually, the overhead is worth the performance gain we get out of them....
2019-06-10 (first published: 2019-05-21)
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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