Isolation Levels–MCM Prep
I was watching the Isolation Levels video for my MCM prep and learned something about the isolation levels. I knew...
2011-01-17
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Using the MERGE statement
I love MERGE. You know all those awful IF BEGIN END ELSE BEGIN END blocks you need to write for...
2011-01-17
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2011.....So (long pause), what's next for me?
I've actually sat down to write this blog several times. I am never indecisive when it comes to my thoughts...
2011-01-17
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TechEd: Session Preference Survey
TechEd has listed some potential sessions for TechEd North America 2011 here: http://northamerica.msteched.com/sessionpreference?fbid=I1Ydc71JM4a. They want to know which sessions you...
2011-01-17
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31 Days of SSIS – 10 Things About Expressions (16/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Sixteen days in and we are past the half way point for the 31 Days of SSIS...
2011-01-16
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Check that what you expected is actually what you got - DB's and SQLCMD
I feel that it is wise move for a script to actually check itself that the database connection that is...
2011-01-16
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SSMSDeploy will be available, with source, for donation
After much um-ing and ah-ing I have decided to release my addin, with source code, under the GNU GPL.
I've also...
2011-01-15
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31 Days of SSIS – Every Which Way Outputs (15/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Saturday morning and you can watch your favorite cartoon, or jump into some fun with SSIS. Today...
2011-01-15
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SQL Saturday #62
I presented a one hour session at SQL Saturday #62 in Tampa on SQL Server PowerShell Extensions (SQLPSX): “In this...
2011-01-15
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SSMSDeploy Demo #2 - new features
I've made some changes to the addin, adding some new features:
Comments: You can now add a comment to your request....
2011-01-15
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Blogs
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...
A Guatemalan's Guide to Drinking Coffee Properly
My mugI grew up surrounded by coffee farms in Guatemala and somehow spent most...
Forums
Partitioning a table with TEXTIMAGE_ON option
I have a table that ends in ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]. I'm about to...
OUTER APPLY Fundamentals: Part 2
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Building Great Software
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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