Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 4
You are going to create a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance in Part 4 of our series on how to build a SQL Cluster Lab. The FCI will only...
2019-11-18
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DBA Myths: The system sessions are the ones with a session_id 50 or less
Anecdotally any session_id that’s 50 or less is going to be a system session and anything over 50 will be ... Continue reading
2019-11-18
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SQL Undercover TV – Encrypting SQL Backups
In this episode, David looks at how we can encrypt our SQL Server backup files
2019-11-26 (first published: 2019-11-18)
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Using volumes in SQL Server 2019 non-root containers
I’ve seen a few people online asking how to use docker named volumes with the new SQL Server 2019 RTM images. Microsoft changed the way SQL runs within a...
2019-11-25 (first published: 2019-11-18)
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SQLSaturday Orlando Notes – Room Location
We hold our event at a local college. The way it works is our contact tries to reserve ALL of the rooms in the building because we will end...
2019-11-18
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2019-11-16
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2019-11-16
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The Right Consultant Is Worth All The Money
Hiring consultants is like buying a new washing machine. In other words, you get what you pay for some times. A couple of months ago, my washer and dryer...
2019-11-15
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Getting Started with SQL Prompt 10
This week we released SQL Prompt 10, which is an exciting milestone for us. I remember when I discovered this little gem for Database Weekly and sent it over...
2019-11-15
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Power Platform Quick Tips – Episode 01: Fixing Power BI Column Sorting
Check out this new series that I’ve started on Power Platform Quick Tips. This series is all about solving problems quick with videos less than
2019-11-22 (first published: 2019-11-14)
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Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
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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...
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Partitioning a table with TEXTIMAGE_ON option
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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