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2014-10-27
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Convert UK Postcode to Latitude/Longitude/Northing/Easting using SQL CLR
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2014-09-25
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Convert UK Postcode to Latitude/Longitude/Northing/Easting using SQL CLR
Just a quick post this time. I had a requirement to convert a small number of UK based postcodes to...
2014-09-25
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Using indexed views on ANY core SQL server edition
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2014-09-02 (first published: 2014-08-26)
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Using indexed views on ANY core SQL server edition
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2014-08-26
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Thank You SQLBits!
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2014-07-25
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Thank You SQLBits!
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2014-07-25
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Time for a change in career
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2014-07-09
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2014-05-31
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Most important feature of SQL 2014
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2014-04-29
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Question of the Day
The Range of Customers
I have this data in the OrderHeader table in a SQL Server 2025 database (ordered by CustomerID ASC):
orderid orderdate customerid complete 3 2025-05-10 00:00:00.0002 1 21 2024-01-10 00:00:00.0003 1 15 2023-10-28 00:00:00.0004 1 13 2025-03-08 00:00:00.0006 1 11 2024-04-02 00:00:00.0007 1If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT * from dbo.OrderHeader where customerid between 3 and '6'See possible answers