Get month names ordered using recursion
Learn how to pull the month names in a report drop down using a recursive common table expression (CTE).
The Consistency Debate
Steve Jones wonders today if data professionals get a little too hung up on the consistency issues between servers.
Steps to Rename a Subscriber Database for SQL Server Transactional Replication
I have transactional replication configured in production. The business team has a requirement to rename the subscription database. Is it possible to rename the subscription database and ensure that transactional replication will continue to function as before? If so, how could we achieve this?
Disaster Recovery: Rebuild system databases on SQL Server 2008 cluster
In this article we will see how to rebuild system databases in SQL Server 2008 cluster that is failed to restart.
SQL Server 2012 RTMs
This past week the big news in the SQL Server space was the release to manufacturing of SQL Server 2012.
How to Secure your SQL Azure Application
Developers targeting the SQL Azure platform should make sure their applications are secure. This article walks through the considerations developers need to keep in mind when designing SQL Azure applications.
SQL Saturday #105 - Dublin
The first SQL Saturday in Ireland on Mar 24, 2012. Come get a free day of SQL Server training.
SQL Saturday #120 - Orange County
Come to a free day of SLQ Server training on Mar 24, 2012 in Huntington Beach, CA.
Implementing Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Policies & Multi Pathing
Impementing iSCSI multi-pathing and redundancy policies
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...
Forums
Increment a number in a SQL Query based on a value
I have an issue where I have a Bill of Material list of items...
Follow Your Hunch
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What Happens When You Ask a Local AI to Query Your Database?
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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