Watch out for your own confirmation bias
First, a true story: I was a senior in high school, applying for college. One of the colleges I applied for was the Naval Academy. As part of the...
2020-06-08 (first published: 2020-05-22)
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What are you tuning for?
People want to make things faster. It’s in our nature as IT professionals. What are you tuning for? I’ve been asking that a lot later. I have to sit...
2020-06-04 (first published: 2020-05-22)
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Quickly Blocking Inbound Connections to SQL Server
Sometimes the brilliance of a solution is lost in its simplicity. Full disclaimer, this was Joey D ’Antoni’s (B|T) idea, however, he has given me permission to blog about...
2020-05-22
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Quickly Blocking Inbound Connections to SQL Server
Sometimes the brilliance of a solution is lost in its simplicity. Full disclaimer, this was Joey D ’Antoni’s (B|T) idea, however, he has given me permission to blog about...
2020-06-04 (first published: 2020-05-22)
548 reads
Daily Coping 22 May 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-05-22
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Missing Biometric devices Node in Device Manager
If you have a Windows Hello compatible device (face or finger-print) and you are unable to use it, make sure Device Manager has a node for Biometric devices (see...
2020-05-21
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Missing Biometric devices Node in Device Manager
If you have a Windows Hello compatible device (face or finger-print) and you are unable to use it, make sure Device Manager has a node for Biometric devices (see...
2020-05-21
10,643 reads
Power Up: Exploring the Power BI Ecosystem, May 27-28
Next week I’m speaking at at the Dynamic Communities Power Up event titled “Exploring the Power BI Ecosystem“. It takes place on May 27 & 28, 2020. This exciting...
2020-05-21
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Download SQL Server Developer / Evaluation / Express Editions
[MSSQLFUN & Decote ITeS becomes a family of 1400 individuals across the globe. Please join us onFacebook & YouTube.] Today, I will take you to the steps of downloading...
2020-05-21
313 reads
A Byte of Redgate
When the global pandemic shut down much of the world, we started the Community Circle at Redgate, with the idea that we would try and help others cope with...
2020-05-21
24 reads
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