The SQL Server 2016 Plan
Steve notes SQL Server 2016 went out of support this past week. What are you plans if you run this version?
2026-07-18
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Steve notes SQL Server 2016 went out of support this past week. What are you plans if you run this version?
2026-07-18
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Support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 ended yesterday. Steve has a few thoughts on what you should be thinking about today.
2019-07-10
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By Steve Jones
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There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers