Understanding Database Fundamentals (98-364)
Kind of proud about this accomplishment. I get asked all the time at user groups and SQL Saturday events, “How can I get started with SQL Server”. There is...
2019-10-30
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Understanding Database Fundamentals (98-364)
Kind of proud about this accomplishment. I get asked all the time at user groups and SQL Saturday events, “How can I get started with SQL Server”. There is...
2019-10-30
18 reads
Understanding Database Fundamentals (98-364)
Kind of proud about this accomplishment. I get asked all the time at user groups and SQL Saturday events, “How can I get started with SQL Server”. There is...
2019-10-30
10 reads
Understanding Database Fundamentals (98-364)
Kind of proud about this accomplishment. I get asked all the time at user groups and SQL Saturday events, “How can I get started with SQL Server”. There is...
2019-10-30
60 reads
Presenting Two Sessions at PASS Summit 2019
In just a few days, I’ll begin my annual journey to Seattle, Washington for the PASS 2019 Summit. This is one of my favorite conferences to attend. It is...
2019-10-30
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That slippery slope
We need to have processes and rules. They are important to any business. That said, exceptions are also going to ... Continue reading
2019-11-07 (first published: 2019-10-30)
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T-SQL query to get the latest available backup chain
T-SQL query to return the latest available database backup chain (Full, Differential and Log) of individual databases along with their backup size and compressed size.
2019-10-30
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T-SQL query to get the latest available backup chain
T-SQL query to return the latest available database backup chain (Full, Differential and Log) of individual databases along with their backup size and compressed size.
2019-10-30
19 reads
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references. The script has been made smart enough to use TRUNCATE wherever there is no foreign key reference and...
2019-10-30
21 reads
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references. The script has been made smart enough to use TRUNCATE wherever there is no foreign key reference and...
2019-10-30
33 reads
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