Quote of the Day
I do not usually post a quote of the day but since this is my own quote I decided to...
2010-09-13
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Tip: Use System Views to Compare Column Datatypes
Let’s say that you have a staging table, that then loads to a destination table in the same database. If...
2010-09-13
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T-12d till SQL Saturday #52 (CO)
SQL Saturday: All the COOL kids are doing it!
It’s only twelve days until SQL Saturday #52 in Colorado! I’ll be...
2010-09-13
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Space Coast User Group Recap
I had the pleasure of making my second annual September visit to the Space Coast SQL Server User Group in...
2010-09-13
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SQL Saturday #52 - Colorado
I will be speaking at SQL Saturday #52 - Colorado in a little less than two weeks. I am giving my...
2010-09-13
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Technical People Should Blog
I ran across a great blog titled: Post 300 or why all developers should be blogging. The reasons given in...
2010-09-13
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24 (28) Hours of PASS on Sep 15, 2010
It’s back with a slightly different format this time, 28 hours of seminars delivered over two days, and it’s all...
2010-09-13
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Getting Drive Info, Part 4, the SSIS Script Component
In this installment of the Getting Drive Info series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), SSIS will be used to collect and save the drive information. SSIS provides multiple...
2010-09-13
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Getting Drive Info, Part 4, the SSIS Script Component
In this installment of the Getting Drive Info series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), SSIS will be used to...
2010-09-13
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Database automation and appliances
10 years ago IT professionals considered database technology “mature” and analysts were preparing to...
2010-09-13
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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...
Forums
Return all intermediate members of a recursive CTE?
I wrote a recursive CTE to determine employee levels... but what if I wanted...
jdbc auth failing to sql from sap's cloud middleware CPI
hi , our business partner is asking s4 sap api's for receivable info and...
Searching for my own posts
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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