More Power in Your BI
This week Steve looks at all the information and learning available for Power BI.
Performance Myths : Clustered vs. Non-Clustered Indexes
Aaron Bertrand kicks off his "Performance Myths" series, showing a "redundant" non-clustered index outperforming the clustered index with the same key.
Creating Azure SQL Data Warehouse Databases
Learn how you can create an Azure SQL Warehouse database quickly and easily.
The Cost of Database Downtime
Do you know what the cost is for your database going down? Maybe more interesting, is do you want to know?
Integrating DACPAC deployments of Azure SQL Database with Visual Studio Team Services
One of the concepts that has recently been growing rapidly in popularity, in the context of cloud technologies, is DevOps. In this article, Marcin Policht looks at using DevOps principles in regard to Azure SQL Database deployments. To implement some of the more common DevOps practices, he will rely on Visual Studio Team Services.
AI Helpers or Replacements
The future will see more of our data used in machine learning and other AI-like systems. Is that something we want?
Nuance of datetime data type in SQL Server
One of the most confusing data types in SQL Server is the datetime datatype.
Harmful, Pervasive SQL Server Performance Myths
Aaron Bertrand begins a new series around disproving prevalent myths regarding SQL Server performance.
The Value of Your Personal Data
Today Steve Jones discusses the idea of data value, and what it might mean to you, personally.
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