Read Statistics Histogram using DMV
DMV: sys.dm_db_stats_histogram (object_id, stats_id)
For a long time, the DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS command was the only way to get information about statistics....
2017-02-22
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JSON Support Is The Best New Developer Feature in SQL 2016 — Part 4: Performance Comparisons
This is the fourth article in my series about learning how to use SQL Server 2016's new JSON functions. If you haven't already, you can read Part 1?—?Parsing JSON,...
2017-02-21
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We Hired!
The response to our most recent job position was incredible, and I’d like to thank all of the folks who...
2017-02-21
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Heading Back to SQL Bits
I’m honored to be selected to speak at SQL Bits 2017 this April in Telford. This is my favorite SQL...
2017-02-21
565 reads
Giving a Security Webinar on Thursday
On Thursday, February 23rd at 3 PM EST I’m giving a webinar on designing a successful database security model with...
2017-02-21
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 39 – Waffle Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Waffle Chart Power BI Custom Visual. The Waffle Chart visual...
2017-02-21
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Permanent Employment v Contracting: How the figures stack up
In my latest learning tree newsletter, I discussed analysing some of the salary survey data that the good folks over...
2017-02-24 (first published: 2017-02-21)
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Error while loading Excel data into database
Issue: I am trying to load data from Excel 97 – 2003 sheet into a database table. I have written a...
2017-02-28 (first published: 2017-02-21)
4,889 reads
How to sign a SQL Server CLR Assembly in Visual Studio 2015
It took me quite a while to figure out how to sign a SQL Server CLR Assembly (like a CLR...
2017-02-22 (first published: 2017-02-21)
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Improve performance by replacing temp tables with memory optimized tables - Part 3
Welcome to the last part of this series, you can find the previous post here (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/denniss-sql-blog-1/2017/02/01/improve-performance-by-replacing-temp-tables-with-memory-optimized-tables-part-1/) and here (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/denniss-sql-blog-1/2017/02/08/improve-performance-by-replacing-temp-tables-with-memory-optimized-tables-part-2/).
Previously we...
2017-02-24 (first published: 2017-02-21)
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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
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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