Devin is a BI consultant at Pragmatic Works Consulting. Previously, he has tech edited the book Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services and was an author in the book Knight's 24-Hour Trainer: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services. Devin has spoken at past conferences like PASS and at several SQL Saturday events. He is a contributing member to the Business Intelligence Special Interest Group (SIG) for PASS as a leader in the SSIS Focus Group. Making his home in Jacksonville, FL, Devin is a participating member of the local users’ group (JSSUG).

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More Funny SELECTs

What does this code return? 

SELECT
  ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
    WHERE
      soh.OrderDate     > '01/01/2011'
      AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2012') AS OrdersIn2000
, ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
    WHERE
      soh.OrderDate     > '01/01/2012'
      AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2013') AS OrdersIn2001
, ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
    WHERE
      soh.OrderDate     > '01/01/2013'
      AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2014') AS OrdersIn2002;
GO

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