Epic Life Quest – 2020 Update
I started keeping a written record on bigger goals in life from the year 2018 – following the example set by Steve Jones and Brent Ozar. This method of...
2020-01-06
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Unicode, Emojis and Databases Oh My!
Explore an easy method to create a table of all unicode (and emoji) characters to store within your database environment. This easy solution can save you a significant amount...
2020-01-06
4 reads
Unicode, Emojis and Databases Oh My!
Explore an easy method to create a table of all unicode (and emoji) characters to store within your database environment. This easy solution can save you a significant amount...
2020-01-06
287 reads
Creative XE Sessions – Funky Data
Playing around with emojis in a database is a fun endeavor. Not only is it fun to play with for personal growth, but it does have some business advantages.
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2020-01-04
8 reads
Creative XE Sessions – Funky Data
Playing around with emojis in a database is a fun endeavor. Not only is it fun to play with for personal growth, but it does have some business advantages.
Related...
2020-01-04
20 reads
Creative XE Sessions – Funky Data
Playing around with emojis in a database is a fun endeavor. Not only is it fun to play with for personal growth, but it does have some business advantages.
Related...
2020-01-04
122 reads
Why I’m Learning Git via the Command Line Interface
I’ve learned a bit about Git in the last year: I’m now quite comfortable creating and managing Git Repos in Azure DevOps. I frequently do demos with SQL Change...
2020-01-03
18 reads
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!! Yes, I know it was two days ago but I’m still pseudo-on-vacation-not-really so just another simple blog post wishing you prosperity, health, and good tidings this...
2020-01-03
11 reads
T-SQL Basics: using OUTPUT
You are working on a database development project, and you need to obtain the records before/after an INSERT, DELETE, UPGRADE or MERGE Statement to present it to the user...
2020-01-03
17 reads
T-SQL Basics: using OUTPUT
You are working on a database development project, and you need to obtain the records before/after an INSERT, DELETE, UPGRADE or MERGE Statement to present it to the user...
2020-01-09 (first published: 2020-01-03)
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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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OUTER APPLY Fundamentals: Part 2
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The Range of Customers
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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