Xmas tree in T-SQL
This is a very simple version of a Xmas tree using T-SQL, also is a good example to learn how recursive CTE works.So, if you are in front of...
2019-12-27
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Audit Index Changes
This article shows a method to audit for index changes. The weak link in a solution such as this really boils down to the requirement that the solution needs...
2019-12-26
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Audit Index Changes
This article shows a method to audit for index changes. The weak link in a solution such as this really boils down to the requirement that the solution needs...
2019-12-26
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Temporal Tables, and how to deal with computed columns
Long time readers will know I’m a big fan of Temporal Tables since their introduction in SQL Server 2016. Thanks to my friend Erik Darling (blog | Twitter), I...
2019-12-25
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Find Index Create Date
This article shows a quick script to help determine indexes that were created recently. This script will help you out of rough spot and help reduce the chance of...
2019-12-25
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Find Index Create Date
This article shows a quick script to help determine indexes that were created recently. This script will help you out of rough spot and help reduce the chance of...
2019-12-25
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2019-12-24
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Fritchey Family Christmas Movies
MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY YULETIDE! HAPPY HANUKKUH! Instead of something technical, let’s take a moment to just kick back and enjoy a few great Christmas movies. Now, let’s be clear....
2019-12-23
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Backwards Compatible Symmetric Keys in SQL Server 2017+
I discovered recently that there was a change made in SQL Server 2017 to the way that symmetric key passphrases are hashed. There’s a KB article that notes the...
2020-01-06 (first published: 2019-12-23)
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Last Week Reading (2019-12-22)
Hello. It’s been a while since the last post of this series appeared. I will do my best to keep this going. So, without unnecessary introductions – let’s move...
2019-12-22
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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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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