February '14 Acadiana SQL Server User Group
I am honored to be the very first presenter of the new PASS chapter in Lafayette, Louisiana this Tuesday, presenting...
2014-02-23
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Blog Posts
February '14 Data Architecture Virtual Chapter Meeting
I will be speaking and whiteboarding for Data Architecture Virtual Chapter meeting on February 27, 2014 on the fitting topic...
2014-02-23
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Rebuild all indexes on all tables in the SQL Server database
One of the key tasks of a DBA is to maintain the database indexes and make sure they are not...
2014-02-23
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Removing part of string before and after specific character using Transact-SQL string functions
Problem
Today, one of the developers come to me and asked me the question that is there any T-SQL function that...
2014-02-23
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Star Performers Need Extra Affirmation After a Setback
There are two major reasons baseball has been such a boon to statisticians trying to measure human performance. First, sample...
2014-02-23
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(SSAS) SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular Basics
What is (SSAS) SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular Mode?
SQL Server 2012 ships Analysis Services that can be installed in the...
2014-02-22
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@Microsoft #PowerBI powers its way to GA
Excel- and cloud-based BI suite finally comes out of preview. Woot! – check out all the details here
from ZDNet | Big On...
2014-02-22
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1976 FJ40 Toyota Land Cruiser (Frame Off Restoration) #landcruiser
Here is a cool looking 1964 FJ40 Toyota Land Cruiser in good original condition…a road warrior that has a great...
2014-02-22
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1983 Toyota #FJ40 Rust Removal
The first step in treating rust is keeping it from forming, which means keeping your truck’s metal painted, plated, or...
2014-02-22
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One Awesome #FJ40
Well, Kem’s cruiser was actually just a bit faded but pretty much in great shape. He had hired someone else...
2014-02-22
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Blogs
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL...
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Partitioning a table with TEXTIMAGE_ON option
I have a table that ends in ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]. I'm about to...
OUTER APPLY Fundamentals: Part 2
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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