Service Broker Target for Extended Events
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2018-09-20 (first published: 2018-09-10)
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Blog Posts
All about PASS Summit 2018
Here are the things you must/should probably know about PASS Summit 2018, as told by me. First Timers Read this...
2018-09-19
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Apply for the 2019 Idera ACE Program
Sharing this before I forget, Idera is taking applications for their 2019 ACE Program. If you’re wanting to do more...
2018-09-19
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Careful with your SQL Server Max Memory settings
Quite often I see database administrators set SQL Server max server memory thinking everything related to SQL Server uses this...
2018-09-19
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Databases and DevOps, It’s Not Just Me
Anyone who subscribes to my blog or my YouTube channel as well as anyone following me on social media knows...
2018-09-19
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Midlands PASS Reboot!
If you’re in or near the Columbia, SC area, we are rebooting the Midlands PASS Chapter. Here is our first...
2018-09-19
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Only one Log Reader Agent can connect to a database at a time error – Transaction Replication/CDC
An interesting issue regarding SQL Server Transaction Replication/CDC log reader agent job can’t be started with the following error:
Msg 18752, Level...
2018-09-19 (first published: 2018-09-10)
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Overview of SQL Joins in SQL Server
The ability to combine results from related rows from multiple tables is an important part of relational database system design. In SQL...
2018-09-19
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PASSITON discount code for PASS Summit 2018
This week only PASS has a new discount code of PASSITON for an additional $200 off 3-day registration. This is in addition to registration going up next by $200...
2018-09-19
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Powershell Error – Import-Module AzureRm
I was playing with SQL Azure on my brand new Surface pro device. I open the Windows Powershell ISE as administrator to...
2018-09-19
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Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
Forums
Split Large Queries in Athena with a Simple Modulo Trick
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Finding Trailing Spaces
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Question of the Day
Finding Trailing Spaces
I have some data in a SQL Server 2025 database. It looks like this for the dbo.Customer table:
CustomerID CustomerName PreferredName 1 Steve Steve 2 Andy Andy 3 Brian Brian 4 Allan Allan 5 Devin Devin 6 Steve Steve 7 Sally SallyI want to detect which names have a single trailing space. The CustomerName is a varchar() and the PreferredName is a CHAR(). Does this query detect the problem rows?
SELECT
CustomerID,
CustomerName,
PreferredName
FROM Customer
WHERE CustomerName <> RTRIM(CustomerName)
OR PreferredName <> RTRIM(PreferredName); See possible answers