PASS Subcommittee
In February I posted this post about the need for Volunteers for SUMMIT 2011. I submitted my application to volunteer....
2011-03-31
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To Do: Win Great SQL Training and a Cruise
Wondering what to do when you get a break from work email today?
Make your opening move in a fun contest.
What’s...
2011-03-31
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Hanging with an Inspiration
A long, long time ago, in a state far away, I started writing about technology. At the time, in the...
2011-03-31
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Presenting with a Mac
My name is Brian Kelley and I used to be a PC bigot. That was back in 1989. I was...
2011-03-31
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Change SQL Startup Parameters with PowerShell
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The Annoyance
Sometimes when we’re trying to track down a problem and looking through SQL’s Logs we have to dig...
2011-03-31
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The DBAs Guide to Expectation Management
Your customers expectations are their primary measure of your success. How well are you managing them?
You’re reading The DBAs Guide...
2011-03-30
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NULLIF
Do you use NULLIF? For me, this command has been seldom used. Because of that, I have been dabbling with it a bit lately to make sure I have...
2011-03-30
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NULLIF
Do you use NULLIF? For me, this command has been seldom used. Because of that, I have been dabbling with...
2011-03-30
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Dude, where’s my memory?
A session I have wanted to see. Marciej Pilecki has done this before with high ratings and I have missed...
2011-03-30
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Brad McGehee talking about tempdb issues
Brad presented a session that tries to help you identify and fix tempdb problems. Performance monitor is your friend. the...
2011-03-30
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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