SQLCruise Contest
For those who may not have heard, there is training for SQL Professionals called SQL Cruise. You can find more...
2011-01-05
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Tech Books: Caveat Emptor
These days, we have a myriad of ways to judge whether any given product – like, say, a book on SQL...
2011-01-05
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Good People Know Good People
I can’t remember where I heard this recently, but it’s been stuck in my head as one of those bits...
2011-01-05
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Encryption and the Performance DMOs
Ever wonder what you can see in the performance oriented DMOs when stored procedures were encrypted? Me neither. But, I...
2011-01-05
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My Review of SeV Revolution Jacket
Originally submitted at SCOTTEVEST, Inc.
26 Pockets are perfect for everyday and travel items; includes the TravelSmartSystem?. The SCOTTEVEST revolution began...
2011-01-05
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Who Should Vote for PASS SQLRally Sessions
Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) asked on Twitter if people who aren’t planning on attending PASS SQLRally should still vote for sessions...
2011-01-05
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Can You Dig It? – Find Estimated RowCounts
She can dig it!
D Sharon PruittIt’s the eighth post in the plan cache series. I took a few days off...
2011-01-05
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Building Reports and Analytics on Dynamics CRM – Lessons (Being) Learned
In concept, designing reports is such a simple thing… you connect to a data source,
write a SQL query, optimize the...
2011-01-05
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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...
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OUTER APPLY Fundamentals: Part 2
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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