Magazines I Read This Year
In December I went through my current magazine list and made some changes, mostly based on what I had been...
2012-02-03
639 reads
SQLAndy
SQL Stickers–Someone Should Build It
Here’s a niche idea that someone might have some fun with, build a site where someone can request some or...
2012-02-02
1,159 reads
Speaking at Space Coast SQL Users Group on Feb 9, 2012
I’ll be visiting the Space Coast group (http://spacecoast.sqlpass.org/) on Feb 9th to do a presentation on Professional Development Plans. I’m...
2012-02-01
733 reads
Review: ICE-21 Ice Cream Maker
I’ve had making home made ice cream on my list of things to try for a while, since watching an...
2012-01-31
1,661 reads
The Idera ACE Program, So Far
The Idera ACE program is something I’ve been involved with for over a year now. I’ll share a bit of...
2012-01-30
1,670 reads
Apply to Be A 2012 Idera ACE!
The call for applications is open today, a chance for six lucky people to do more in the SQL community...
2012-01-30
703 reads
Petitions on Change.org and Thoughts on Changing PASS
I tried this out – Change.org that is – recently as part of a post about PASS and wanted to post a...
2012-01-28
791 reads
2012-01-27
703 reads
Windows 8 Easy Refresh?
I saw this write up about the built in ability to both restore to factory settings as well as just...
2012-01-25
656 reads
A New SSD For My Laptop
I’ve managed to get by for more than 3 years with the original 64G SSD in my laptop, but lately...
2012-01-24
1,229 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