Learning By Doing
I was recently talking with a friend about doing some research into a NAS solution for home and that I...
2013-03-22 (first published: 2013-03-19)
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SQLAndy
Building My Next Workstation–Part 6 (The End)
Let’s start with a quick review of the pieces and what I paid:
ItemCostAntec P280 Case$90 (may be higher now)ASUS P8Z77-V...
2013-03-12
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Building My Next Workstation–Part 5
With the motherboard and CPU installed I was ready to add the final and perhaps easiest parts to the build....
2013-03-11
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Building My Next Workstation–Part 4
Reading about the motherboard choices took a while. Because I had already decided on a CPU, the Intel I7 I...
2013-03-07
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The End of SQLRally in the US
I saw it in the Connector, but just had time to read the minutes to see what was behind the...
2013-03-06
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Picking a Conference Venue
I was reading about the American Association of Woodturners annual symposium that will be held in Tampa this year (and...
2013-03-05
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Building My Next Workstation–Part 3
With a case ordered and a CPU in mind I decided to focus on the power supply next. Remember that...
2013-03-05
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Notes from SQLSaturday #192
This past weekend I was back in Tampa for the sixth annual SQLSaturday. It’s a trip I always look forward...
2013-03-04
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Trust in Access
One of the minor features/quirks/annoyances of MS Access is that if you create a single macro or code module you...
2013-03-04
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Building My Next Workstation–Part 2
Building a computer, at least in the beginning, feels like something you have to do holistically and at the same...
2013-02-25
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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