Last Backup Times per Database and Backup Type
This script displays the last date and time of each backup type for each database.
It’s useful when you need to...
2014-02-26
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Guy Glantser
How to Load Data from Excel in SSIS – 32-bit vs. 64-bit
Let's say you are developing an SSIS package on your dev box to load data from an Excel file to...
2014-02-25
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How to Load Data from Excel in SSIS – 32-bit vs. 64-bit
Let’s say you are developing an SSIS package on your dev box to load data from an Excel file to...
2014-02-25
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SSIS Appetizer
Madeira’s excellent course on SQL Server Integration Services starts in March, but you can get a head start here! Take...
2014-02-09
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Forty Things You Didn’t Know About SQL Server
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2013-12-16
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PASS Summit 2013 – Day 5: SQL Server Internals Day
This is a summary of my last day in the PASS Summit. I have already written about my first, second,...
2013-10-19
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PASS Summit 2013 – Day 5: SQL Server Internals Day
This is a summary of my last day in the PASS Summit. I have already written about my first, second,...
2013-10-19
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PASS Summit 2013 – Day 4: SQLskills Day
This is my fourth day in the PASS Summit. I have already written about my first, second and third days.
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2013-10-18
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PASS Summit 2013 – Day 4: SQLskills Day
This is my fourth day in the PASS Summit. I have already written about my first, second and third days.
The...
2013-10-18
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PASS Summit 2013 – Day 3: Query Tuning, Memory Internals, SSIS and PowerShell
This is actually the first formal day of the PASS Summit, but it's my third day here. I have already...
2013-10-17
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Detecting Characters
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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