Noam Brezis is a technology expert and a senior SQL Server consultant at Madeira SQL Server Services. With over 10 years of experience in various technologies, he enjoys a wide knowledge range, from Visual C#, .Net, C++, MFC, COM and VB, through UNIX and Oracle and up to a deep and thorough understanding of SQL Server. In his work, Noam deals on a daily basis with a broad and varied clientele, designing, developing and troubleshooting their SQL Server systems. Noam also spends part of his career teaching SQL Server and frequently speaks at events such as the Israeli SQL Server User Group.

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Pro and Cons of Parameter Sniffing

Look at the following 3 scripts:
-- 1. Hardcoded
SELECT
*
FROM
Sales.Orders
WHERE
DateAndTime < '19900101'

-- 2. Variable
DECLARE @FilterDate DATETIME = '19900101'
SELECT
*
FROM
Sales.Orders
WHERE
DateAndTime...

2012-01-02

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A Strange Result

What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?

select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';

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