PowerShell Script for Creating Indexes
I needed to create an identical index on a bunch of tables within one of my projects (yes, I know...
2010-01-21
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Azure platform CTP accounts are about to expire?
I recieved the notification from Azure Platform Team that the CTP accouct will be closed at the end of the...
2010-01-21
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PASS Virtual Meeting - Zero to Cube in 60 Minutes
PASS Virtual Meeting
Speaker: Adam Jorgensen
Topic: Zero to cube in 60 Minutes
Date and Time: 1/22/2010 12:00 PM EST
Meeting URL: Join Meeting
Description:...
2010-01-21
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Speaking at SQL Saturday Tampa and Richmond
Over the next two weekends there will be three SQL Saturday’s held, in Tampa (1/23), Boston (1/30) and Richmond (1/30).I...
2010-01-21
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SQLSaturday #32 – Tampa
Just a reminder that SQLSaturday #32 – Tampa is taking place this weekend (January 23rd). This will be my 5th SQLSaturday...
2010-01-21
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SQL Server 2008 - Top Reasons to Upgrade.....
OK, you've seen many of these before, but if you haven't figured out its TIME to upgrade your SQL Servers to...
2010-01-21
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Andy on Twitter
Just prior to the 2009 PASS Summit I posted about giving Twitter a try, and thought I’d report back on...
2010-01-21
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Using sp_ExecuteSql to Run Dynamic SQL
Introduction
Lately it seems like I am being bombarded by Dynamic SQL and people who insist it is the only way...
2010-01-21
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Creating the SSC Maintenance Plan: Part 3
Note: This is an in-depth article that exceeds 5,000 words, and provides a case-study of how a maintenance plan could...
2010-01-21
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Part 3: Creating the SSC Maintenance Plan
Note: This is an in-depth article that exceeds 5,000 words, and provides a case-study of how a maintenance plan could...
2010-01-21
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Split Large Queries in Athena...
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