SQL Server – Displaying line numbers in Query Editor – SSMS
You can enable line numbers to be displayed in SSMS Query Editor. This is extremely useful when working on a...
2014-01-20
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SQL Server – Displaying line numbers in Query Editor – SSMS
You can enable line numbers to be displayed in SSMS Query Editor. This is extremely useful when working on a...
2014-01-20
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SQL Server 2014 – Buffer Pool Extension
Wanted: more RAM
In an ideal world (well, a DBA’s ideal world, anyway) all database servers would have enough memory to...
2014-01-20
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Time for a Quick Rant
This is an actual quote from what we can only assume is a functional human being:
The database is very big...
2014-01-20
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SQL Saturday Nashville Wrapup
What a terrific week! I’m have a great start to 2014! Yesterday and today I had the opportunity to present...
2014-01-19
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Gathering Business Intelligence Requirements
Questions to Ask when Gathering Business Intelligence Requirements
When starting any project requirements are the key to being successful. Business intelligence...
2014-01-18
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DBA: Guardian of the Data
I was asked recently by Idera to take a look at the things that could cost a DBA their job....
2014-01-17
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Friday Followup For January 17, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-01-17
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One More Minute
Ever say “one more minute” while working on something and then realize 30 minutes have gone by? My daughter has...
2014-01-17
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Reblog: January 10 to January 16
Photo credit – Jenn and Tony Bot
Sometimes old stuff is just as cool as new stuff. Over the past few years,...
2014-01-17
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My Social Media Rules
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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