SQL Bloggers – Build Your Brand And Sponsor SQLSaturday #49
As you may know we like to try new stuff here in Orlando, and this is another new thing. I’ve...
2010-09-13
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SQLAndy
24 (28) Hours of PASS on Sep 15, 2010
It’s back with a slightly different format this time, 28 hours of seminars delivered over two days, and it’s all...
2010-09-13
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PASS SQLRally Pre-Conference Seminars – The Application Process
Today we’re announcing the call for speakers for pre-conference seminars at the first SQLRally being held in Orlando in May...
2010-09-10
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McClintock!
I was channel flipping after dinner when I saw this and had to stop to watch a few minutes of...
2010-09-10
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Voting Theory
I was enjoyed the Sunday newspaper (on Sunday!) and ran across this column about various voting systems and that made...
2010-09-09
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SQLRally Meeting Minutes
The starting point for a good meeting is an agenda and minutes. It took us a bit to catch up,...
2010-09-09
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #48 in Columbia, SC
SQLSaturday #48 is October 2nd, 2010, at Midlands Technical College in West Columbia, SC. I’ll be doing two presentations, one...
2010-09-08
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New Ideas for SQLSaturday
Jack Corbett and I are trying a few new things at SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando this year (Oct 16, 2010)...
2010-09-08
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More Notes on Live Meeting Presentations
Yesterday I did another presentation via Live Meeting, some thoughts from that effort:
Perf VC team did a great job making...
2010-09-07
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Slide Deck for Introduction to Statistics
Here is the slide from the presentation today for the PASS Performance Tuning Virtual Chapter. Thanks to all those that...
2010-09-07
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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