Dir2Dac and github2dacpac - create dacpacs from script folders or the internet
I like writing go (golang not the batch separator) and one of the things that I like is that if...
2015-10-16
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Dir2Dac and github2dacpac - create dacpacs from script folders or the internet
I like writing go (golang not the batch separator) and one of the things that I like is that if you want to use something from github you literally...
2015-10-16
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SSMS 2016 – Compare Execution Plans
Microsoft are releasing regular CTP updates for SQL Server 2016. In the very recent release (CTP 2.4), there is a...
2015-10-20 (first published: 2015-10-16)
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Copying data from Azure Blob Storage
In a previous blog I talked about copying on-prem data to Azure Blob Storage (Getting data into Azure Blob Storage). ...
2015-10-15
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My PASS Summit 2015
Its just a bit over a week until PASS Summit 2015 will start. If you are a Microsoft Data Platform...
2015-10-15
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Better Practices for Reading Event_file Targets
In this article, I am going to address some better practices for Reading Event_file targets attached to an XEvent Session.
Related Posts:
How to: File Target use in Extended Events December...
2015-10-15
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Better Practices for Reading Event_file Targets
I have demonstrated over the past couple of articles the basics involved with reading the
event_file target along with a more...
2015-10-15
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“That little green arrow.” or “My code used to work but now I’m getting a debug error.”
If you’ve worked with SSMS for any length of time this will look awfully familiar:
SSMS 2008R2
SSMS 2012 +
This little green...
2015-10-15
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Presentation Design – Before and After
Recently I gave a session on the SQL Server Days about the new features for business intelligence in SQL Server...
2015-10-15
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SQL server Encryption – Transact SQL Functions.
In the previous blogs we came across various encrypt functions like ENCRYPTBYKEY(),ENCRYPTBYASYMKEY(),ENCRYPTBYCERT().We also saw the corresponding decrypt functions likeDECRYPTBYKEY(),DECRYPTBYCERT(),DECRYPTBYASYMKEY(),DECRYPTBYCERT(),We shall...
2015-10-15
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Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
Forums
Split Large Queries in Athena with a Simple Modulo Trick
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Split Large Queries in Athena...
Finding Trailing Spaces
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Question of the Day
Finding Trailing Spaces
I have some data in a SQL Server 2025 database. It looks like this for the dbo.Customer table:
CustomerID CustomerName PreferredName 1 Steve Steve 2 Andy Andy 3 Brian Brian 4 Allan Allan 5 Devin Devin 6 Steve Steve 7 Sally SallyI want to detect which names have a single trailing space. The CustomerName is a varchar() and the PreferredName is a CHAR(). Does this query detect the problem rows?
SELECT
CustomerID,
CustomerName,
PreferredName
FROM Customer
WHERE CustomerName <> RTRIM(CustomerName)
OR PreferredName <> RTRIM(PreferredName); See possible answers