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Physicians have primum non nocere – a Latin phrase that means “First, do no harm”. (Thank you, WikiPedia.) I think for...
2010-12-01
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When Were The Statistics In SQL Server Last Updated?
When SQL Server receives a new query, the Query Optimizer undertakes the task of identifying a good plan to resolve the...
2010-12-01
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The Development DBA Role
The Development DBA role, though not as common as the more prominent DBA and Database Developer roles in the database...
2010-12-01
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Semi-Crippled
When it rains it pours.
Last week my Nano died. It won’t hold a charge, or at least it won’t...
2010-12-01
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Passing SSRS T-SQL Values to SSRS MDX Parameters
At a recent client engagement we built a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report with a T-SQL based data source....
2010-12-01
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December 2010 S3OLV Meeting
It is amazing how the months just seem to fly by these days. I probably say that every month. It seems appropriate though. This month we will be broadcasting...
2010-12-01
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December 2010 S3OLV Meeting
It is amazing how the months just seem to fly by these days. I probably say that every month. It...
2010-12-01
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Real World SQL Azure
Worthy of an editorial, but this is a pretty good use-case for why SQL Azure might make sense. This is...
2010-12-01
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No More Drive Extender - Windows Home Server
I guess I might need to go back to RAID. From the Windows Team Blog, there is a decision to...
2010-12-01
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2010 PASS Summit Slide Decks and Scripts
How time flies - it really has been almost 2 1\2 weeks since the 2010 PASS Summit came to a close!...
2010-11-30
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Blogs
My Social Media Rules
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I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
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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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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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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