Big fall conference – PASS Summit schedule is up!
PASS Summit 2019 now has a schedule and learning tracks, and a letter to convince your boss you should go!
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2019-08-14
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Power BI, Dataflows, CDM, and Dynamics 365 – My Journey
My company, Pragmatic Works, is working through a Dynamics 365 migration. As part of that migration, we need reports. We have made the decision, seemingly obvious given who we...
2019-08-14
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How to really store a password in a database
Recently I wrote: Don’t store passwords in a database. I stand by this statement. I expected a lot of flak because I didn’t explain myself. This post goes into...
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SQL Server Management Studio is as Relevant as Ever
After almost fifteen years of heavy usage by developers and database administrators (DBAs), it might seem like Microsoft’s free tool, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), is about to go...
2019-08-14
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See you Saturday in Baton Rouge!
See you in Baton Rouge this weekend! We have 13 tracks of professional development and training, from entry-level to expert, for SQL Server Administrators, Business Intelligence Developers, Data Analysts,...
2019-08-14
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Allow SQL Server Agent jobs management for non sysadmins
I don’t know about your experience when it comes to SQL Server Agent jobs but often I receive requests to grant permission so that clients can handle their jobs...
2019-08-22 (first published: 2019-08-13)
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Allow SQL Server Agent jobs management for non sysadmins
I don’t know about your experience when it comes to SQL Server Agent jobs but often I receive requests to grant permission so that clients can handle their jobs...
2019-08-13
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When Have You Used MOT Tables? T-SQL Tuesday #117
Steve Jones (b/t) is our host for T-SQL Tuesday and in case you didn’t know has taken over running T-SQL ... Continue reading
2019-08-13
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SQL Server Execution Plan Operators
Watch this week’s Execution Plan Operators episode on YouTube. SQL Server Execution Plan Operators When examining a query’s execution plan, certain operators tend to crop up over and over...
2019-08-26 (first published: 2019-08-13)
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SQL Server Execution Plan Operators
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Part 1: Introduction to Execution Plans
Part 2: Overview of Statistics
Part 3: Reading an Execution Plan
Part 4: Commonly Troublesome Operators
Part 5: Troubleshooting Execution Plans
When examining...
2019-08-13
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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