Hidden RBAR: Counting with Recursive CTE's
"Counting" is essential to many high performance code techniques. SQL Server MVP, Jeff Moden, shows us how to make sure that we're "Counting" and not "Crippling" our trick-code.
TSQL Challenge 62 - Break a long sentence in groups of 5 words
Read the input string and break each sentence into groups of 5 words. A row may contain more than one sentence. Each sentence in the input should start a new group.
What SQL Server Books Do You Recommend
Brad's noticed that there are fewer good books about SQL Server on the shelves, and asks which books you'd recommend to people who are new to SQL Server
Adding the Script Task to Your SSIS Packages
Script tasks are a great way of extending SSIS functionality, when none of the built-in components are quite right for the task you need to perform. But how to go about creating a script task? No worries, once again Robert Sheldon is on hand to provide easy instructions on how to do it.
Free Two User License SourceGear Vault Professional
Read more about how you can get a free two user license from SourceGear and Red Gate Software.
Guide To MCITP: SQL Server 2008 Administration
Find out what you need to learn for the SQL Server 2008 Administration certification exams.
How to Compare the Data in Two Tables Without Any 3rd-Party Tool?
SQL Server ships with the tablediff utility which can be used to compare the data in two tables. Read this article to learn it step-by-step:
The Woes of Cloud Computing
Steve Jones talks about the problems you might face when moving to cloud computing and the fact that you ought to be prepared to move at some point.
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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