It sure would be grand to have interesting interviews
Coincidentally, in a week of debate and thinking and writing on IT interviews and candidates, XKCD has gifted us with...
2013-11-22
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Blog Posts
Reblog: November 15 to November 21
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...
2013-11-22
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#SQLRelay 2013 R2 – Week 2
If you haven’t heard of SQL Relay and you live in the UK then shame on you. SQL Relay is...
2013-11-21
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Fill Factor and wasted space: Quick Tip
This is a little excessive, but here's a quick script to show you your fill factors per table that are...
2013-11-21
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JFK
“There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And...
2013-11-21
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Learn About PCI Today
I’ll be presenting PCI for the SQL DBA today at 1 pm EST for the PASS Security Virtual Chapter. Depending...
2013-11-21
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Notes from SQLSaturday in Oregon Nov 16, 2013
I wanted to take time to thank our sponsors, speakers and volunteers for making #sqlsat265 a big success. Over 400...
2013-11-21
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Powershell in a Month – Day 3 – Commands
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about Powerhsell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...
2013-11-21
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What Happens In Vegas…
…stays in Vegas, except when it comes to chocolate. After walking more than 1500 miles over the past 9 months,...
2013-11-21
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A pattern to do beginning of period calculations.
Beginning of period calculations are common things. Rolling month reports, queries to pull everything from last month etc require beginning...
2013-11-20
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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