PASS Update #65 (Officers, September Meeting)
I wanted to start with a follow up to my last post about the officer elections and the concerns about...
2011-09-20
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Statistics in Execution Plans
I was presenting on execution plans when another question came up that I didn’t know the answer to immediately. Yes,...
2011-09-20
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SSIS Variables and Expressions Webinar
Looks like it is that time again… for me to present a FREE webinar for good ol’ Pragmatic Works today...
2011-09-20
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T-SQL Tuesday #22 Round-Up - Data Presentation
T-SQL Tuesday #22 is history, and I was pleased by the many posts and participants in this month’s September blog...
2011-09-20
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Roman Numerals to integers, and Vice Versa, in SQL:
Here are a couple of functions to convert between roman numerals and integers. They are handy for all sorts of...
2011-09-20
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24 Hours of PASS: Answer questions…
I will try my best to answer some of the questions after the Standard Operating Procedure webcast for 24 Hours...
2011-09-20
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Migrating to SQL Server from another Database platform
Migrating to SQL Server from another Database platform has a number of considerations
1) Create an inventory of existing applications. Separate into...
2011-09-20
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How to monitor number of VLF’s in your database
A few weeks back we did a blog post about a file grow bug that has been fixed with SQL...
2011-09-20
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Auditing Users in a Failover Partner Database
Auditing Users in a Failover Partner Database
SQL Audit is Watching
I read a question on a discussion list today asking if...
2011-09-20
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Presenting “Tangled Code” at Charleston UG Tuesday 9/20
On Tuesday, September 20 at 5p CST (6pm Charleston time), I will present “Unraveling Tangled Code” via LiveMeeting at the...
2011-09-19
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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