Throwback Thursday #3: SQL Server & Disks
I hope everyone is having a good time gearing up for the holidays. Throwback Thursday is a bi-weekly blog series where...
2013-12-12
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Blog Posts
What a DBA wants for Christmas
In the first few years of ITBookworm.com, we made sure to make up holiday lists of the most awesome gadgets...
2013-12-12
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A Full Backup Includes Everything (with a caveat)
Full database backups in SQL Server include all of the data, objects, tables, rows, functions, stored procedures, etc. If something...
2013-12-11
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Accidently Kicking a Database into the Restoring State
I learn new things all the time. This was one that actually stunned me. Huge props to Gail Shaw for...
2013-12-11 (first published: 2013-12-02)
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Database Snapshot failed due to disk space issue
Database snapshot is really a useful feature. As we know, Snapshot database file will keep increasing parallel to the DML...
2013-12-11
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DC SQLSat
This past weekend I had the opportunity to go visit Washington DC. It was the first time I got to stay in the Nation’s capitol for more than just...
2013-12-11
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DC SQLSat
This past weekend I had the opportunity to go visit Washington DC. It was the first time I got to...
2013-12-11
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First Week As The DBA Whitepaper Published
For those that attended the webcast I did last week for Idera the companion whitepaper is now available for download....
2013-12-11
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Learn To Code
Today I ran through the first tutorial at Code.org. It has 20 very short lessons that use Angry Birds and...
2013-12-11
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SQL Server 2014 Backup to URL
I’m absolutely in love with the concept of being able to create a backup directly to a protected, off-site location....
2013-12-11
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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
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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