Change Tracking for Data Warehouse Loads (Webinar)
For data warehouse professionals, data change detection is is a central part of what we do. Accurately detecting new, changed,...
2016-03-01
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Now exactly which proposal is this
Introduction
Oft times we are forced into situations where we clearly need to think outside of the box. A case at...
2016-03-10 (first published: 2016-03-01)
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Another Source of Knowledge
It started with a tweet from one the many members of the #sqlfamily who always has something meaningful to say,...
2016-03-07 (first published: 2016-03-01)
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SQL Server Locks – Back to Basics
A fundamental component of SQL Server is locking and locks. The locking mechanism helps to control access to resources to help maintain data integrity.
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An Experiment with Deadlocks March...
2016-03-01
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SQL Server Locks – Back to Basics
Prelude in SQL Minor
Back in late December of 2015, a challenge of sorts was issued by Tim Ford (twitter) to...
2016-03-08 (first published: 2016-03-01)
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Trekking through the DAX Jungle In Search of Lost Customers
I like to think I’m proficient at writing DAX and building SSAS tabular models. I enjoy a good challenge and...
2016-03-01
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Installation of SQL Server (Part 2 - Post-installation)
Previously we discussed about the pre-installation consideration, which can be found here. In the second part of this series, we...
2016-03-01
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Goodness-of-Fit Testing with SQL Server Part 6.1: The Shapiro-Wilk Test
By Steve Bolton
…………Just as a good garage mechanic will fill his or her Craftsman with tools designed to fix specific...
2016-03-08 (first published: 2016-02-29)
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PowerShell – Backup Individual database and delete all it’s respective files by keeping a recent file
Problem Statement
The requirement is to backup individual database and after successful backup the script should retain the most recent file...
2016-03-09 (first published: 2016-02-29)
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Wait Statistics in Azure SQL Database
You need to be aware that you’re going to see differences when you’re working with Azure SQL Database when it...
2016-03-07 (first published: 2016-02-29)
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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