Job Interviews: What is Normalization?
Do you know how to answer normalization questions in an interview? Steve Jones gives you a few ideas and recommends you brush up on your knowledge.
Change Management and Leadership Alignment
Successfully implanting change in an organization requires buy-in from leadership. Rohan Kapoor explains what’s needed to get leadership alignment.
Flyway and Simple Source Control
How to integrate Flyway database development with Source control, so that you can track what changes were made and who made them as well as which objects changed between versions, and how.
The General Database Platform
It seems that many people who choose NoSQL platforms still need relational features. Steve speculates on why.
[Re-post] Tackling the Challenges of Hybrid Estates
It's an oldie but a goodie: Redgate Advocate Grant Fritchey takes us through how best to manage hybrid estates. Read on to find his expert recommendations.
SQL Server vulnerabilities and assessment
SQL Server has many features to keep the database secure, but you must implement them to benefit. In this article, Priyanka Chouhan describes how to do a vulnerability assessment of SQL Server.
The nuances of MySQL indexes
Indexes are critical for database performance. In this article, Lukas Vieikis explains the many types of indexes available with MySQL.
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...
Forums
Increment a number in a SQL Query based on a value
I have an issue where I have a Bill of Material list of items...
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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