PASS Update #42
Our most recent board meeting was in Nashville on Aug 19, 20. We had originally discussed meeting in Seattle/Redmond/Vancouver, but...
2010-08-30
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SQLAndy
SSC Editorial – What Superhero Would You Be?
This was written for something fun on a Friday, but it’s still interesting for coffee talk anytime – what superhero would...
2010-08-27
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Furniture Grade PVC – What Will You Make?
Ran across this in my weekly browsing, Formufit sells furniture grade PVC. I think I’m not quite clear on the...
2010-08-27
1,166 reads
Presenting at Jacksonville Code Camp
I’m leaving later today for the not too bad drive to Jacksonville for the sixth annual Code Camp. I’ve got...
2010-08-27
552 reads
Default to Yes
There are a lot of times when the decision matters less than who makes it. A common if simplified example...
2010-08-26
1,027 reads
Book Review: The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Engimatic Agency
I picked up The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Engimatic Agency $13 @ Amazon) from the library, had been...
2010-08-25
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Audio Proofreading & Writing Quality
Funny how if take time for longer conversations, ones that ramble, you often learn interesting things that you just wouldn’t...
2010-08-24
1,046 reads
Notes on SQLSaturday #51
We started the event with a speaker/volunteer dinner at the home of Kevin Kline (former PASS President, current MVP,and all...
2010-08-23
661 reads
PASS Update #41 (Elections)
In 2009 we had a contentious election cycle at PASS, and I won’t go through the details again, but because...
2010-08-20
654 reads
I’m Attending SQLSaturday #51 in Nashville
I’ll actually be going up a couple days early for a PASS Board meeting, then shifting to speaker/attendee mode Friday...
2010-08-20
503 reads
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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