Invest in Yourself Stop Making Excuses
Bob Pusateri (B|T) tweeted a quote image that really struck a chord with me and elicited a strong reaction from myself. It got me thinking I need to write...
2019-11-08 (first published: 2019-10-22)
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Every Execution Plan Is An Estimated Plan
I consider myself to be the most responsible for making such a huge deal about the differences between what is labeled as an Estimated Plan and an Actual Plan....
2019-11-05 (first published: 2019-10-22)
519 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando Notes – Kahoot
The last two years we did Family Feud as part of our end of day gathering. Fun, exciting, and energetic are all words I’d use to describe it. Definitely...
2019-11-08 (first published: 2019-10-22)
180 reads
SQL Server Stored Procedures vs Functions vs Views
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. SQL Server has several ways to store queries for later executions. This makes developers happy because it allows them to follow DRY principles: Don’t Repeat Yourself....
2019-11-04 (first published: 2019-10-22)
3,055 reads
SQL Server Stored Procedures vs Functions vs Views
Watch this week's video on YouTube
SQL Server has several ways to store queries for later executions.
This makes developers happy because it allows them to follow DRY principles: Don't Repeat Yourself. The more...
2019-10-22
16 reads
SQL Server Stored Procedures vs Functions vs Views
Watch this week's video on YouTube
SQL Server has several ways to store queries for later executions.
This makes developers happy because it allows them to follow DRY principles: Don't Repeat Yourself. The more...
2019-10-22
17 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando 2019 Summary
Our 13th SQLSaturday is done. Some quick notes about the overall event, then as time/energy allow I’ll post separately on some things that went well (or didn’t) and some...
2019-10-22
40 reads
SSIS Scaleout: Cannot open certificate store on the machine
When attempting to connect a worker node to the current Master node of a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Scaleout, for on-prem SQL Servers, if you receive the error:...
2019-11-04 (first published: 2019-10-22)
799 reads
Adding a License to GitHub
I’ve rarely thought about licensing my code, but it’s something to be aware of for your work. Most of us freely share code, though I have started to add...
2019-10-21
55 reads
Weekly reading #29
The Data Breach Game: The 9 Worst IT Security Practices Joey D’Antoni shows bad practices for security in SQL Server. He summarizes all the most important areas you should...
2019-10-21
16 reads
Blogs
Excellent article on securing msdb
By Brian Kelley
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's...
T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many...
When Do You Reach For A #temp Table?
I needed to do some research because there is more to #temp tables than...
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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