Where in the world are Jen and Sean?
Updated with more SQL Saturdays! Well hi there, folks. A month slips by so very fast. Here is your January...
2016-01-28
1,037 reads
SQL Awesomesauce
Fun with Operator Precedence
Let’s have some fun with operator precedence today. Specifically, logical operator precedence. Specifically, how is it evaluated when your where clause...
2016-01-06 (first published: 2015-12-31)
2,815 reads
Issues and opinions on the PASS anti-harassment policy (#sqlpass)
PASS just published an anti-harassment policy reminder, quickly followed by a blog by Wendy Pastrick (about a bad experience at last...
2015-11-25
945 reads
A Data Age proclamation
Twice in two days now, I’ve gotten in discussions with people about the state of data usage…the idea that we have...
2015-11-12
697 reads
Improved #MinionBackup and #MinionReindex – new versions!
We released Minion Backup 1.1 and Minion Reindex 1.2 this week! We’ve got a some great new features, and a number of bug fixes....
2015-10-23
667 reads
Attending PASS Summit? Take a great Tuesday precon!
We’re just two weeks away from the PASS Summit in Seattle, and there is most definitely still time to get...
2015-10-12
612 reads
You DO have outstanding, free backup and maintenance, right?
It’s entirely possible that you’ve heard us talk about our supercharged, free backup and index maintenance solutions on Twitter, or on...
2015-10-07
664 reads
Today at 12pm Central: #MinionEnterprise Talk – Backup Management!
Register here. In our monthly series about Minion Enterprise – the new SQL Server management solution – Sean and Jen will show you how...
2015-10-06
644 reads
SQL Saturday San Diego tomorrow! (September 18)
This weekend we’re going to hit SQL Saturday San Diego for the first time ever! We are the excited. Come and...
2015-09-18
810 reads
The #TSQL2sday #70 roundup
Time for the T-SQL Tuesday #70 roundup! I asked people for their best enterprise management strategies, and they responded beautifully....
2015-09-10
761 reads
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...
Forums
Increment a number in a SQL Query based on a value
I have an issue where I have a Bill of Material list of items...
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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