Come on Out to OPASS
Tonight is the March OPASS meeting. You should come on out, it’s always a great time. Note our new location...
2011-03-08
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SQLSaturday#69 - Philadelphia Wrap-Up
Just wanted to take the opportunity to summarize my experience at SQLSaturday#69 in Philadelphia, this past Saturday. Another city, another amazing event! I haven't been...
2011-03-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #016: Aggregates and Windowing Functions and Ranking! Yum!
Let’s get this out of the way right now: I am SO going to take advantage of this T-SQL Tuesday...
2011-03-08
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SSRS – Creating and Using Shared Schedules Part 4
In a previous blogs, I discussed what shared schedules were and walked you through step by step instructions on how...
2011-03-08
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March 2011 Version of SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Diagnostic Queries
Another month, and another new version of my SQL Server Diagnostic Information queries for both SQL Server 2005 and SQL...
2011-03-08
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How to Raise Your Game by Doing Nothing
What if I told you that you could become a more effective Database Administrator by doing nothing?
That’s right, in this...
2011-03-08
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SQL Server Truncate Table Permissions
I saw a note recently where someone asked what permissions were needed for a user to execute TRUNCATE TABLE. In...
2011-03-07
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SSRS: My Filter is not Working!!!
I rarely use filters in my SSRS reports. However, this was a client requirement. When we attempted to use the...
2011-03-07
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Upcoming Engagements
I haven’t been blogging lately because I’ve been busy tweaking my resume, working on PASS SQLRally, serving at church, and spending time with my family. Things aren’t going to be...
2011-03-07
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March SSSOLV Reminder
This is just a quick reminder about the meeting coming up on March 10, 2011 at 6:30 PST. You can find more information about the event from here. I...
2011-03-07
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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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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