SQLDIY: Manage and Monitor SQL Server Yourself
As an old school DBA and always having cheap frugal employers, I have rolled my own management and monitoring solutions....
2011-02-22
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And now for a completely inappropriate use of SQL Server
A while back I wrote up a short introductory overview of Genetic Algorithms. Just for the shear, absolute fun of...
2011-02-22
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What Should PASS Be?
Andy Warren posted a question the other day (well, issued a challenge actually), “What Should PASS Be?” I’ll let you...
2011-02-22
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A Plug for Wirefly
Wirefly is a website devoted to purchasing cell phones and plans. I found it when I was researching my Droid...
2011-02-22
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SQL Saturday 67 Chicago Pre-con
We have big news for SQL Saturday #67 Chicago. There is going be a pre-con on Friday 3/25 at the Hampton Inn right around the corner from the SQL...
2011-02-22
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SQL Saturday 67 Chicago Pre-con
We have big news for SQL Saturday #67 Chicago. There is going be a pre-con on Friday 3/25 at the...
2011-02-22
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T Minus Three Days to the MCM Test
I take the MCM test on Friday. I’ve been watching videos and reading white papers and blogs for the last...
2011-02-22
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How To Write Better Queries WebCast
One character. That’s all it takes; just one character in a Transact-SQL query can make the difference between an index seek and an index scan. Transact-SQL is easy to learn....
2011-02-22
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How To Write Better Queries WebCast
One character. That’s all it takes; just one character in a Transact-SQL query can make the difference between an index seek...
2011-02-22
810 reads
SQLskills Immersion Event on Internals and Performance – Day 1
Sonny Bryans Smokehouse Bbq would make an interesting classroom
Today was the first day of my first SQLskills event. The event...
2011-02-22
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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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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