Denali on TechNet Radio
A quick plug for my friend Blain Barton from Microsoft, he’s got a series of three broadcasts that are video,...
2011-07-13
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SQLAndy
Subtle Errors When Using Dates-Part 2
It’s so easy to make make mistakes with dates. Here is another one I saw recently, this one used when...
2011-07-12
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SQLSaturday Round Table at the PASS Summit (Early Reminder)
Once again this year we’ll be holding a meeting open to all SQLSaturday event leaders and key team members (and...
2011-07-11
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Subtle Errors When Using Dates-Part 1
I was reviewing some code recently that has been in production for a while and I saw something like this:
set...
2011-07-11
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Baseball and Scheduling Your Vacation, and a Puzzle?
I saw an article in the newspaper titled How to Visit 30 Ballparks in 35 Days This Summer. I think...
2011-07-08
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2011-07-08
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My children never cease to delight me in all kinds of ways, but never more when they come up with some...
2011-07-08
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Maciej Pilecki Speaking at Space Coast UG on July 14, 2011
Just got an email from the Space Coast User Group that Maciej Pilecki (@DrHouseOfSQL) will be doing a presentation to...
2011-07-07
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PASS Update #59 (Run for the Board)
If it hasn’t happened already we should be close to beginning the election cycle for the 2012 election. Last year...
2011-07-07
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SQLSaturday #85-Call for Pre-Con Speakers
We’re going to be hosting two pre-conference seminars this year in Orlando on Friday, September 23rd, and we’re looking for...
2011-07-07
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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