SSIS 101: Isolating Data in a Data Flow
MVP and SSIS expert Andy Leonard brings us a new article on how to work with a data flow and manipulate your data in complex ways.
The New Office
A tour of the new Red Gate Software offices from Steve Jones, looking at how a modern software company has set up it's space.
Global Warming and Business Intelligence
What does global warming have to do with BI? Steve Jones explains.
Global Warming and Business Intelligence
What does global warming have to do with BI? Steve Jones explains.
Global Warming and Business Intelligence
What does global warming have to do with BI? Steve Jones explains.
SQL Server Integration Services Features And Properties Part 4
This article is the final article of a 4 part series that explores the Features and Properties of SSIS. This article will explore Validation.
Temporal Data Techniques in SQL
Joe discusses various factors to take into account when using temporal data such as Holidays, and discusses a few techniques using Calendar, Report Usage and History tables
Ways To Build Your Brand
This is in the presentation I've given a few times, but I thought it made some sense to put these things out here as well. I see there are a few major ways for you to build your brand and raise your profile in the modern world that is highly interconnected...
Automate Default Constraints
One procedure that will take care of all default constraint values in the destination.
Data Mining in Excel 2007 Pt.1 - SQL School Video
Excel has greatly helped ease the process of data mining. In this video MVP Brian Knight shows how you can start using the data mining add-ins for Excel to get started.
Blogs
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...
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