Thaw, Rinse, Repeat – #SQLPlunge
Three years ago in March of 2011, on a whim, I jumped into a hole in a frozen lake into...
2014-01-21
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Blog Posts
Three Hundred!
Just announced on Friday, SQLSaturday #300 will be held in Kansas City, MO, on September 13, 2014 . Everything about that...
2014-01-21
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Understanding CXPACKET wait stats in SQL Server
Understanding CXPACKET From the SQL BOL (Books on Line) CXPACKET is defined as Class Exchange Packet and “occurs when trying...
2014-01-21
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Using Outlook.com
I looked at Outlook.com when it launched and recently revisited. I connected a couple of my personal email accounts to...
2014-01-21
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Why no discussion of MarkLogic / NoSQL security in light of Obamacare security fiasco?
We are awaiting Polar Vortex 2 in New England and are set to have more snow dumped on us starting...
2014-01-21
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Win a Free Conference Pass to SQL Server Live in Las Vegas
Taking responsibility for your professional development and making it a priority is essential to being a successful Data Professional. It’s...
2014-01-21
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Assumptions and clusters – the double whammy
I was recently investigating an issue that stemmed from a database being in the recovery_pending state. A quick investigation through...
2014-01-20
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Best advice I ever got on negotiating consulting rates and salary negotiations
Back when I was getting ready to take the plunge and begin consulting I sought advice from a friend who...
2014-01-20
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Counting the Existing, and Missing, Rows
I saw this as a problem recently from someone and thought it would make a good post. As I was...
2014-01-20
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Guid vs Identity columns (Ints)
I came across an interesting question on SE last week. Guid vs INT – Which is better as a primary key?...
2014-01-20 (first published: 2014-01-13)
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Blogs
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...
A Guatemalan's Guide to Drinking Coffee Properly
My mugI grew up surrounded by coffee farms in Guatemala and somehow spent most...
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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...
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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