Various Links-August 25, 2012
Great story about a client who didn’t under the different between Skype and Sharepoint – while doing a Sharepoint initiative! It’s...
2012-08-25
737 reads
SQLAndy
Government and Transparency
I ran across this report that talks about the effectiveness of transparency requirements put in place around the Recovery Act...
2012-08-24
652 reads
Microsoft Store vs Apple Store
Yesterday I went to the new Microsoft store at Florida Mall, mostly out of curiosity and something to do at...
2012-08-23
808 reads
I Think I Need A Writing Table
I’m writing this Friday evening in Cleveland at the hotel, relaxing after the speaker dinner and getting ready for SQLSaturday...
2012-08-22
701 reads
Status Reports
I like a good status report. It may contain a few sentences or a page full of data and gauges,...
2012-08-20
3,979 reads
Would You Listen To The Steve & Andy Radio Show?
My friend Steve Jones and I have talked every week for a long time, close to ten years now. On...
2012-08-18
973 reads
Speaking at 24 Hours of Pass
24 Hours of PASS (24HOP) has been around a few years now, but this will be my first time participating...
2012-08-16
566 reads
First Try at a Wooden Hand Plane
I’ve been reading about wooden hand planes lately (as opposed to hand planes made of metal that plane wood) and...
2012-08-14
888 reads
Updating to Live Writer 2012
My 2011 version of Live Writer didn’t seem to want to embed a Vimeo video, so I checked for an...
2012-08-14
527 reads
Travel Plans for PASS-Done!
I’m flying in on Sunday again this year, arriving in time for lunch, and looking forward to the luxury of...
2012-08-14
617 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