Use Snippets in SSMS to insert blocks of code (Day 19)
Snippets allow you to store and easily reuse TSQL code snippets. To use a snippet, just right-click in the query...
2018-01-19
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
Use Snippets in SSMS to insert blocks of code (Day 19)
Snippets allow you to store and easily reuse TSQL code snippets. To use a snippet, just right-click in the query...
2018-01-19
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Template Explorer (Day 18)
You may have noticed that in many places in SSMS, you can create a new item and SSMS opens up...
2018-01-18
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Template Explorer (Day 18)
You may have noticed that in many places in SSMS, you can create a new item and SSMS opens up...
2018-01-18
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Add color to connections (Day 17)
Have you ever wished for a visual indicator that you are connected to a production instance of SQL Server? Well,...
2018-01-17
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Add color to connections (Day 17)
Have you ever wished for a visual indicator that you are connected to a production instance of SQL Server? Well,...
2018-01-17
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Assign a keyboard shortcut to menu items (Day 16)
You may have noticed that there are many menu commands that don’t have a keyboard shortcut. For instance, SQLCMD mode...
2018-01-16
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Assign a keyboard shortcut to menu items (Day 16)
You may have noticed that there are many menu commands that don’t have a keyboard shortcut. For instance, SQLCMD mode...
2018-01-16
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Query Shortcuts in SSMS (Day 15)
There are several shortcuts that can be assigned to run a stored procedure. Known as Query Shortcuts, these can be...
2018-01-15
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Object Explorer Drag-N-Drop (Day 14)
Did you know that items in the Object Explorer can be dragged and dropped into a query window? This can...
2018-01-14
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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