The one and only – Dr. SQL – Louis Davidson (b|t|t|t) stopped by for a chat! Relational Algebra, Disney, Dollywood and a SQL Dump Truck ??
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2020-04-17 (first published: 2020-04-08)
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SQL DBA Peter Shore (t) and I had a great time recording this. Quotables: “Vehemently OK”, “Intentional Accidental DBA”, “Professional Nerd”, “Senior DBA as defined by AARP” I cut...
2020-04-13
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SQL Server DBA Jules joins us on the show to talk DBA work, Chickens, Charity work, Mentoring and Shepherding (actual sheep!) See more at Jules’ site Edit: Honorable mentions: Minionware,...
2020-04-02
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Trainer and Consultant extraordinaire Ginger Grant stops by to talk Machine Learning, Data Bricks, Certifications, Norwegian pastries and proper chocolate frosting Find Ginger at Desert Isle SQL or on Twitter
The post Data BIts...
2020-04-01 (first published: 2020-03-26)
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My Pluralsight course for new SQL Server DBAs Image credit to Jeff (t) Back in June of 2019, I published this YouTube video covering the highlights of the various...
2020-03-25
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My Pluralsight course for new SQL Server DBAs SQL Server may skip 1000 numbers on an Identity column if the server crashes. Here’s why: Too long, didn’t watch version:...
2020-02-04
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Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
By Steve Jones
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL...
I have a table that ends in ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]. I'm about to...
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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