Execute SSIS Package from PowerShell
My friend Andy Leonard has written an excellent blog series on getting SSIS up & running in a Docker container. I would never have even tried to go down...
2019-04-30
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Blog Posts
IN vs UNION ALL
Watch this week's video on YouTube
When you need to filter query results on multiple values, you probably use an IN() statement or multiple predicates separated by ORs:
WHERE Col1 IN...
2019-04-30
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IN vs UNION ALL
Watch this week's video on YouTube
When you need to filter query results on multiple values, you probably use an IN() statement or multiple predicates separated by ORs:
WHERE Col1 IN...
2019-04-30
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It’s Been a While …
Last Post – SQL Saturday MN 2018 When last I wrote, it was after I spoke at SQL Saturday in Minnesota. I co-presented a pre-con with Josh Owen. Prior...
2019-04-30
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Know How to Repair SQL Database Marked as Suspect Mode in SQL Server
Repair SQL Database Marked as Suspect Mode MS SQL server is a widely used relational database management system developed by Microsoft. It is a software product which primarily helps...
2019-04-30
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Know How to Repair SQL Database Marked as Suspect Mode in SQL Server
Repair SQL Database Marked as Suspect Mode MS SQL server is a widely used relational database management system developed by Microsoft. It is a software product which primarily helps...
2019-04-30
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Lengthen a Primary Key–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I saw a post recently where someone needed...
2019-04-30 (first published: 2019-04-17)
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Setup SQL Server Alert to get automatically notified of database blockings
Suppose you want to or need to know anytime your SQL Server is experiencing blocking where queries are being blocked and it may or may not escalate to a...
2019-04-30 (first published: 2019-04-17)
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Four Data Integration Design Questions to Ask
We get requests to move data between custom systems regularly, even within systems. I was advising a client on something fairly simple—a collection of tables out of one vendor...
2019-04-29
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It’s all just data.
Tables, stored procedures, views, logins, constraints, etc, etc. It’s all just data. In every database system I’ve ever worked on ... Continue reading
2019-04-29 (first published: 2019-04-17)
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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...
Forums
Partitioning a table with TEXTIMAGE_ON option
I have a table that ends in ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]. I'm about to...
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