Utility function: dbo.JobName(@job_id)
As often as I have to pull a job’s name based on its job_id in the MSDB system tables, I’m truly...
2016-04-08 (first published: 2016-03-28)
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SQL Nexus in Copenhagen
The Nordic SQLNexus conference is taking place in Copenhagen on May 2-4. I’ve never been to the event, or the...
2016-03-28
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Why you shouldn’t use SELECT *
I answered an interesting question on SE today (ever notice how many posts come from stuff I read on forums?)...
2016-03-28
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Using PowerShell to set Extended Events Sessions to AutoStart
When you look after more than a few SQL Servers you will need to perform the same actions against a...
2016-04-08 (first published: 2016-03-28)
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The Future of the User Groups (SQLPort)
With SQLPort approaching it’s 6th birthday (21st of April), I have to admit that the works on the user group...
2016-03-27
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SQL Bite-Size Podcasts are live!
Well, after many late nights I have finally produced a set of podcasts – Bite size style – therefore called SQL Bite...
2016-03-27
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Most common interview questions
1. Tell me about yourself.
Answer - Give summary of your past education and work, skills, and achievements and include your strong...
2016-03-27
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Getting ready for interview
Interview is a three stage process. Before => Interview => After
A. Before Interview -
1. Most important, ready your Resume/CV. Be confident about...
2016-03-26
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Happy Dance!
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Because I saw this on an eval:
I’ve been trying to ramp up to take advantage of my MSDN...
2016-03-25
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Fixing Maintenance Plan Error code 0x534
Recently I have posted a article in SQLServerCentral on Fixing Maintenance Plan Error code 0x534
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2016-03-25
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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
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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