Reblog: December 20 to December 26
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...
2013-12-27
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturdays Coming Up!
Don't forget! Monday is the final give away! I will be giving away a free copy of the Professional SQL...
2013-12-27
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The Effective Cell Phone
I’ve written a bit about phones recently as I’ve experienced the switch back to iOS from Android. There are a...
2013-12-27
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When DMVs Cost Me My Job
Back in early 2006, I was still working at my first ever DBA job. I had only been a DBA...
2013-12-27
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12 Days of Christmas 2013 Day 2
This is the second installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season. Previous articles in this mini-series on quick tidbits: SQL Sat LV announcement...
2013-12-26
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12 Days of Christmas 2013 Day 2
This is the second installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season.
Previous articles in this...
2013-12-26
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #63
It’s Thursday and about time for this week’s weekly link round-up. Since it’s the holidays, I didn’t feel like putting...
2013-12-26
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Powershell Backups and Post Frequency Change
It's been a good run doing a post every day. I'm scaling it back a bit. I liked getting these...
2013-12-26
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Review of Change to PASS Bylaws
As required, the Board has posted proposed changes to the bylaws for review by the members. The changes are fairly...
2013-12-26
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Unused Heaps? - Quick Tips: Day 10
Don't forget! This coming Monday is the last Monday to win a free month of Pluralsight! All it takes is...
2013-12-26 (first published: 2013-12-20)
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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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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