I’ve often described SQL Server to people new to databases as a data pump. Just like a water pump, you have limited capacity to move water in or out of a system usually measured in gallons per hour. If you want to upgrade your pumping systems it can be...
Steve Jones takes a minute today to congratulate Brian Knight and the Pragmatic Works Foundation for their efforts in giving back to the community.
New author Drew Salem brings us a series on how to centrally monitor your SQL Servers. He includes ASP.NET code and a framework that will check your servers and display a report for you. This article presents an overview of the dealing with the SCOME issue.
How to configure settings to limit the number of processors used in parallel query execution
There is a legend among SQL Server developers and DBAs saying that UDTs may degrade performance. In this article I prove whether this believe is right or wrong.
Just today, I was reviewing the indexing of a database used by a third-party application. As part of my review, I ran a script against it that is used to identify duplicate indexes. The script I used was written Paul Nielsen, the author of the SQL Server...
Time has flown by since my last update, busy time at work and struggling to get that done and find a few hours for PASS too. Here's a short version of what I've been working on lately: Added the Top 10 List page and have some starter lists from...
With the economy in a downturn, Steve Jones talks about what you might want to do to be pro-active with your projects.
With the economy in a downturn, Steve Jones talks about what you might want to do to be pro-active with your projects.
With the economy in a downturn, Steve Jones talks about what you might want to do to be pro-active with your projects.
By Steve Jones
I was messing around with SQLCMD and I realized something I hadn’t known. I’ve...
By gbargsley
One of the first things I review when I inherit a new SQL Server...
By Arun Sirpal
It’s 07:43. Someone’s already left a message. “Something’s wrong with the DB server.” You...
I have an issue where I have a Bill of Material list of items...
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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