2018-08-13 (first published: 2018-07-18)
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Scripts
2018-08-08 (first published: 2018-07-22)
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Table Space Used in DB
A quick script that provides the sizes of the tables in your database, including schema and choice of sort method
2018-08-07 (first published: 2018-07-29)
807 reads
2018-07-17 (first published: 2018-06-26)
926 reads
STRING and FIND SQL Functions
SQL Functions that simplify search and operations over strings on SQL Server (starting with 2012)
2018-07-11 (first published: 2018-07-06)
4,907 reads
User Stored Procedure for Backup of user databases
This script is intended to demonstrate how we can create a stored procedure for the user responsible for backing up user databases in a default storage location.
2018-07-10 (first published: 2018-07-05)
512 reads
2018-07-09 (first published: 2018-07-04)
500 reads
Create Database using dynamic SQL
The T-SQL script created a databases using the default file locations from SQL server configuration and prints them in the end.
2018-07-05 (first published: 2018-06-28)
1,957 reads
User access management on DB & object level
It will help to find and manage the users access on DB level
2018-07-05 (first published: 2018-06-26)
421 reads
2018-06-15 (first published: 2018-01-04)
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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