T-SQL Tuesday #15 DBA Automaton
I have been incognito for the last couple of weeks and nearly missed TSQL Tuesday this month. If it weren’t...
2011-02-09
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You really like me?
And a bunch of other people who are really talented. My Zero to Cube session won the Summit Spotlight track...
2011-02-08
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Conquering Kilimanjaro & Cancer !
Day 1 – Leaving for Africa
After almost 12 months of fundraising, training, walking up various mountains, sleepless nights and plenty of...
2011-02-08
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Opportunity Cost versus Real Cost
One of the hardest lessons to learn and put into practice as a self-employed consultant is that of Real Cost...
2011-02-08
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Immersions Training
The last week of January 2011, I wrote a blog post entering a contest for free training at the hands of SQLSkills. Later that week an announcement was made...
2011-02-08
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Immersions Training
The last week of January 2011, I wrote a blog post entering a contest for free training at the hands...
2011-02-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #15 – Automation
It’s that time of the month again, and this month Pat Wright and his SQL Asylum are hosting the T-SQL...
2011-02-08
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February OPASS Meeting
Don’t forget to join us tonight for the OPASS meeting sponsored by RedGate and Signature Consultants.
Event Date/Time: Tuesday February 8th...
2011-02-08
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TSQL Tuesday #15–Automation in SQL Server
Automation is the separation point for the professional DBA from the amateur. That makes this a very important topic. Thanks...
2011-02-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #15 Automation and the SSIS Dumper
This post is my contribution to T-SQL Tuesday, hosted this month by Pat Wright (blog | twitter).
In my previous post...
2011-02-08
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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