Switching blog website
For quite some years now I have been active on my blog over at www.dotnine.net. While there was nothing wrong with...
2018-11-14
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DotNine SQL Server and more
Speaking at PASS Summit
The title says it all, this year I have been selected as a speaker at the world’s largest Microsoft Data...
2018-10-31
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Crazy Data Science
I am pretty hyped to be able to finally announce a new project of mine that I have been working on for...
2018-03-13
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Accessing AzureML models through SQL Server in-database R services
In a previous article I discussed the various methods available in SQL Server 2016 & 2017 to perform in-database analytics. In...
2017-12-25 (first published: 2017-12-11)
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Performing in-database predictions in SQL Server 2016 & 2017
Starting from SQL Server 2016 Microsoft put a lot of effort into integrating various languages used in machine learning and...
2017-10-17
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Azure Machine Learning Algorithm Flowchart
When you are working with Machine Learning there are many things you need to keep an eye on. You need...
2017-07-21
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Using Azure Machine Learning with an on-premises Database
With Azure Machine Learning (AzureML) you have access to a cloud based, flexible and friendly method to perform machine learning...
2017-05-24 (first published: 2017-05-14)
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GroupBy conference recording of Introducing the SQL Server 2016 Query Store available now!
Good news!
The recording of my session “Introducing the SQL Server 2016 Query Store” at the GroupBy conference 2 weeks ago...
2017-05-19 (first published: 2017-05-05)
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Wait Statistics integration inside the Query Store in SQL Server vNext
I remember writing an article about Query specific wait statistics being available inside execution plans in SQL Server 2016 SP1....
2017-05-01 (first published: 2017-04-23)
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Configuring and analyzing the Query Store through dbatools
In case you didn’t know this already, dbatools is an awesome collection of Powershell functions that will help you immensely...
2017-03-08 (first published: 2017-02-27)
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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