Interesting Reading for September 18, 2012
More stuff you may find interesting.
Prepare for your first security breach. Sobering. As data professionals we’re going to get pulled...
2012-09-20 (first published: 2012-09-18)
2,132 reads
SQLAndy
A Job Done Quietly and Well
My current client has a five story building, two break rooms and two sets of bathroom per floor, with I’m...
2012-09-17
627 reads
Going to the PASS Summit? Join Us at a Networking Dinner
For the third year Steve Jones and I are coordinating a very informal networking dinner on Monday night the week...
2012-09-21 (first published: 2012-09-15)
1,815 reads
Certificates of Completion for SQL Seminars
Most managers and employers distinguish between attending a conference and training. We (the royal SQL community we) offer quite a...
2012-09-14
1,116 reads
Update on My Lenovo Laptop
Order status on the web site still shows an estimated ship date of the 4th (of September) for my X1...
2012-09-14
812 reads
Misc Reading for September 12, 2012
Sharing some stuff I’ve read recently that I found interesting – and that you may find interesting!
Help More, Judge Less. I’ll...
2012-09-12
663 reads
New Laptop Bag and My Event Bag
Last year I wrote about stuff I carry in my laptop bag. Nothing original, definitely a tendency to carry things...
2012-09-12
1,217 reads
No Full Outer Join in Access
Recently I needed to help a colleague with a small inventory true up task. We needed to know items that...
2012-09-10
794 reads
SQLSaturday Metrics
A recent article in the PASS Connector called out some interesting stats about SQLSaturday for 2011 and 2012. I’m including...
2012-09-09
702 reads
Reading Reviews, Ordering a Laptop, and Lenovo
Since earlier this year I’ve been thinking to replace my aging but still useful laptop, mostly to get something lighter,...
2012-09-13 (first published: 2012-09-08)
1,878 reads
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