2008-12-17 (first published: 2008-11-10)
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Scripts
2008-12-17
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Backup and Truncate Transaction Logs
Save the transaction log and truncate the file to prevent Tlogs FULL Error
2008-12-16 (first published: 2008-11-17)
2,704 reads
Get Data, Log, Backup, and Binn Directory (SQL Server 2005)
Use this to find Data, Log, Backup, and Binn Directory for SQL Server 2005
2008-12-15 (first published: 2008-11-18)
1,662 reads
Change Ownership of a Maintenance Plan
Change owner of a maintenance plan so the SQL Agent jobs have the correct owner for running.
2008-12-12
3,191 reads
2008-12-12 (first published: 2008-11-19)
857 reads
2008-12-08 (first published: 2008-11-07)
468 reads
Finding all data types in user tables
A quick way to get a snapshot of what data types are being used in all user tables.
2008-12-04 (first published: 2008-10-02)
1,105 reads
2008-12-03 (first published: 2008-10-29)
1,121 reads
MSSQL Job Monitoring Simplified using Simple Query
This query states the execution status of the job i.e. Executing, idle etc. you also modify and search the jobs by changing the search condition.
2008-12-02
1,030 reads
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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