Shameless Self-Promotion - Introduction to SQL Server [Book]
My introductory text to SQL Server, appropriately titled Introduction to SQL Server, is now in print and available for sale. The...
2011-02-22
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5 Things Every DBA Should NOT Do
Earlier in the month I shared with you 10 Things That Every DBA Should Do and so it only seems natural...
2011-02-22
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London UK SQL Server User Group – It’s Back!
"We're back with a Bang!"
In case you missed it, being tucked away amongst all the other UK SQL Server User...
2011-02-21
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How to Avoid SQL Server 2008 Lingering Evaluation Installs - Validation Before Applying SP2 (10.0.2531 to 10.0.4000)
We wound up in a nasty situation recently where SP2 could not be applied to an instance of SQL Server. ...
2011-02-21
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SQLSaturday#69 - Update - Schedule Posted! - You Can Still Register
It's just a little less than 2 weeks to SQLSaturday#69 at DeVry University, 1140 Virginia Drive, Ft. Washington, PA 19034...
2011-02-21
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Testing SSAS Security in Excel
There are many posts available that describe how to test Analysis Services security from inside the development environment.Today I would...
2011-02-21
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Moore’s Law May Be The Death of NAND Flash
"It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t...
2011-02-21
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How Should the PASS Nominating Committee Be Selected?
Over the past few months, the Elections Review Committee (ERC) has been looking into how the community should select its future leaders in the PASS organization. We started with...
2011-02-21
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How Should the PASS Nominating Committee Be Selected?
Over the past few months, the Elections Review Committee (ERC) has been looking into how the community should select its...
2011-02-21
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Pragmatic Transition: Lighthouses and Shipwrecks
Sometimes your mistakes are the greatest lessons...
This is the next post in my series about transitioning from a DBA to...
2011-02-21
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My Social Media Rules
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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