Containers for enhanced Data Governance and Compliance
Complex data environments sometimes need new techniques to properly manage the information. See how Windocks can help with containers and SQL Server.
The Basics of Good T-SQL Coding Style – Part 2: Defining Database Objects
Technical debt is a real problem in database development, where corners have been cut in the rush to keep to dates. The result may work but the problems are in the details: such things as inconsistent naming of objects, or of defining columns; sloppy use of data types, archaic syntax or obsolete system functions. With databases, technical debt is even harder to pay back. Robert Sheldon explains how and why you can get it right first time instead.
The Case of the Space at the End
A gripping expose into the deep, dark world of ANSI_PADDING! What could be more exciting?
The Financial DBA
The future of the DBA might include lots of asset tracking and financial meetings.
Testing DML Statements for In-Memory OLTP
Erin Stellato takes a thorough look at the way DML statements might benefit from In-Memory OLTP, especially with natively compiled stored procedures.
SQL Server User-Defined Functions
User-Defined Functions (UDFs) are an essential part of the database developers' armoury. They are extraordinarily versatile, but just because you can even use scalar UDFs in WHERE clauses, computed columns and check constraints doesn't mean that you should. Multi-statement UDFs come at a cost and it is good to understand all the restrictions and potential drawbacks. Phil Factor gives an overview of User-defined functions: their virtues, vices and their syntax.
Resolve Network Binding Order Warning in failover cluster
In this article, I’m going to show a procedure to resolve an issue that I found while running cluster validation report. you may receive below warning message that includes information about the cause of the warning, which can help you to resolve the issue.
Find Database Connection Leaks in Your Application
Michael Swart shows how to investigate and fix database connection leaks, an application issue that can lead to connection timeouts.
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