Connection pooling and the DBA
Here’s a great article that I came across while on my cookie break. The demonstration is so simple and straightforward....
2013-11-27
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Blog Posts
Guest blog post at SQLAuthority – How many vCPUs are too many?
Last night my first guest blog pots over at SQLAuthority has gone live! It is the next in the “Notes...
2013-11-27 (first published: 2013-11-21)
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I’m A SQL Server Rockstar Blogger!
SQL Server Rockstar Blogger
I have a quick secret to share with my readers. Ever since I saw Tom Larock’s SQL Server...
2013-11-27
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Identifying Columns to Create Index via T-SQL
To identify columns on which you need to create indexes for fine tuning query performances you can run the T-SQL...
2013-11-27
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Master Data Services stops working after an upgrade
Recently some SQL Server instances at a client were upgraded to the latest cumulative update of SQL Server 2012 service...
2013-11-27
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Master Data Services stops working after an upgrade
Recently some SQL Server instances at a client were upgraded to the latest cumulative update of SQL Server 2012 service...
2013-11-27
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Review: The Abilene Paradox
The Abilene Paradox by Jerry Harvey is not a new book, written in 1988. It’s part of some reading I’m...
2013-11-27
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Wasted Space Per Database For Fill Factor: Quick Tip
As I keep looking for answers on Fill Factor... I keep finding interesting Metrics to look into. Looking my own...
2013-11-27
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What should a candidate know about your company?
I had a great comment (Ryan McCauley’s) on yesterday’s post that led to a great conversation on Twitter. The comment mentioned...
2013-11-27 (first published: 2013-11-19)
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Automated Permissions Auditing With Powershell and T-SQL: Part 5
If you’ve followed along to this point, and have assembled the pieces as I’ve given them to you, you’re now...
2013-11-26 (first published: 2013-11-19)
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Blogs
Excellent article on securing msdb
By Brian Kelley
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's...
T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many...
When Do You Reach For A #temp Table?
I needed to do some research because there is more to #temp tables than...
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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