Last Week Reading (2019-02-24)
Hello folks! This time quick review about Kubernetes, containers, automatic deployment of Data Factory and few things about Power BI....
2019-02-25
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Blog Posts
Scalar UDF Inlining in SQL Server 2019
SQL Server 2019 introduces Scalar UDF Inlining, which is supposed to improve the performance of Scalar UDFs. This post investigates this new feature.
The post Scalar UDF Inlining in SQL...
2019-02-25
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Scalar UDF Inlining in SQL Server 2019
SQL Server 2019 introduces Scalar UDF Inlining, which is supposed to improve the performance of Scalar UDFs. This post investigates this new feature.
The post Scalar UDF Inlining in SQL...
2019-02-25
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SQLTreeo SSMS Add-In guide
SQLTreeo Add-In plugin for SQL Server Management Studio Version Applies to SQLTreeo Add-In version 0.8.7 or higher. Purpose Informational guide...
2019-02-25
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SQLTreeo SSMS Add-In guide
SQLTreeo Add-In plugin for SQL Server Management Studio Version Applies to SQLTreeo Add-In version 0.8.7 or higher. Purpose Informational guide on how to use the...
2019-02-25
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Using the Microsoft Authenticator app to log into Azure
So I was trying to work on a blog post about the new truncation error this morning and realized I...
2019-02-25
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Weekly reading #4
It is spring around the corner but we do not know where the corner is. All I know it is...
2019-02-25
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Which cardinality estimator (CE) was used in my query?
SQL Server 2008 is reaching end of support this year, so upgrading your SQL Server might be on your mind....
2019-02-25
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Analyzing Heart Disease risk using Key Influencers AI visual in Power BI
The Gartner Magic Quadrant for 2019, announced earlier this month, names Microsoft the leader in Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms. Microsoft also coincidentally announced the public preview release of...
2019-02-23
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Adding Azure VM Boot Diagnostics
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about boot diagnostics and how they can help you troubleshoot issues when virtual...
2019-02-22
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Blogs
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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...
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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Building Great Software
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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