Microsoft, Do You Respect Me?
I’m writing this while I listen to the keynote at the PASS Summit, thinking about some of the things I’ve...
2011-10-13
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SQLAndy
2011 PASS Summit–Report #1
Wednesday morning. I’m at the blogger table waiting on the opening day keynote. LOTS of people here. Summit attendance is...
2011-10-12
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Call for Speakers–South Florida Code Camp 2012
The 2012 South Florida Code Camp is scheduled for February 11, 2012 at Nova University in Ft Lauderdale, and the...
2011-10-10
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Join Me for Breakfast Tuesday at the Summit
I mentioned this in my SQLFun post last night and wanted to call out separately here, I typically do a...
2011-10-06
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GiveCamp in Orlando Oct 21-23, 2011
The GiveCamp in Orlando needs volunteers to convert 25 reports from Crystal to Reporting Services. Food is provided, just need...
2011-10-06
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SQLFun–After Hours and More at the PASS Summit
The annual PASS Summit is definitely about technology and learning, but if that’s all you get out of it you’re...
2011-10-06
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Final Prep for the 2011 Summit
I’m running through my mental (and some written) pre-travel checklist, tickets, clothes, a few odds and ends, trying to be...
2011-10-05
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Spock Does Final Convention Appearance
I saw this post about Leonard Nimoy doing his final convention appearance this week. He’s 80, I would guess doesn’t...
2011-10-05
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Attending the Summit? Learn Networking With Don Gabor!
My friend, author, and networking guru Don Gabor is back at the Summit for the third year in a row,...
2011-10-04
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Chalkboard at the Office
This is something I saw recently, a large chalkboard – like the kind they used to have in schools – on a...
2011-09-29
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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...
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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