Can you set a pagefile more than 4GB?
Can you set a pagefile on a Windows machine to more than 4GB? Stanley Chan shows us how after an issue with a crashed Windows machine.
Penalties
Terry Childs gets sentenced for refusing to turn over passwords to his boss. Steve Jones reminds us that we work for someone and that we have to remember that when taking a stand.
Run SQL Command Against Multiple Instances Without CMS
I understand that I can use Central Management Servers to run a T/SQL query against multiple instances at once - can I do this without CMS though?
Beginning SQL Server
A presentation by Steve Jones that talks about the technical basics of what SQL Server is and how it works with some hints about backups, security, and more.
Improving database development with SQL Source Control
A webinar sponsored by Red Gate Software showing you how easy it can be to source control your database code. Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:00 PM EDT
Keeping Engaged
How can you better keep employees engaged in your company? Keep them happy and hopefully retain them for a long time? Steve Jones has some comments today.
SQL 2008 & 2005 DDL Auditing - Full Server Self Maintaining Solution
DDL triggers enable us to audit DDL changes but there are a few missing events, design decisions and installation complications.
Performing a Left Anti Semi Join in StreamInsight
Performing a LEFT OUTER JOIN in TSQL is easy. The same logic in StreamInsight requires a little more work. In this presentation I show exactly how you can perform a LEFT OUTER JOIN on your event streams. Your browser cannot play this video. Learn how to fix this.
A Server is Not a Machine
With cloud computing use growing, and SQL Server Azure becoming more popular, Steve Jones wishes this would become a product that the rest of us could deploy.
Turn a Bad Job into a Good Experience
Today we have a guest editorial from Tim Mitchell that tells you how to turn a bad job into something more.
Blogs
Where Is My SQL Agent? Running Scheduled Jobs Against Azure SQL Database
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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...
Finally Cleaning Up Dropbox: Moving Almost a TB to Google Drive with rclone
By davebem
I’ve had a Dropbox account for years. Like a lot of people, I started...
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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