Master Training
Steve Jones talks about the value of deep training. He is aiming to get some from SQLskills this year as part of their MCM training series, even without trying to pass the certification.
SQL Server Central Webinar Series #8: Creating smaller and comprehensively verified backups
The next webinar from SQLServerCentral will look at backups and how you can create faster, smaller, and verified backups. Join Steve Jones and Rodney Landrum for this presentation on SQL Backup Pro and SQL Virtual Restore
31 Days of SSIS – Data Flow Expressions (22/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Today, we continue on with the 31 Days of SSIS blog series. Yesterday’s post was on the...
Connect to a SQL Azure Database Using SSMS or SQLCMD
Learn how you can connect to a SQL Azure database.
DBA 101: Why is my log file full?
This question comes up constantly in different venues. I see it sometimes 2-3 times a day on SQL Server Central....
Distincting an IN subquery
This is going to be a quick one…
I keep seeing forum code (and production code) that includes the DISTINCT in...
ERROR_PROCEDURE Does Not Return a Schema Name
"A recent blog entry I read reminded me again that I wanted to rant about an issue in SQL Server for quite some time now. SQL Server 2005 introduced the separation between user and schema. Though schemata already existed before SQL Server 2005, they really became usable with this version, imho. At the same time TRY...CATCH was a new way for structured error handling introduced. And so it finally became possible…"
31 Days of SSIS – SQL Server Configuration (18/31)
31 Days of SSIS
The last post in the 31 Days of SSIS talked about the use of environmental variables. As...
How to Speed up MS SQL Reporting Services on First Run
I set up a new instance of MS SQL Server Reporting Services, but I noticed that it starts up very slow and I have to wait for ages to access the site. I also noticed that it is always slow when it has not been used for a certain period of time.
Read from the Right End of the Index: BACKWARD Scans
Optimizing queries is the most fun when you don’t need to add indexes. There’s nothing quite so nice as finding...
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...
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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