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A Tale of Partition Schemes and Disappearing Dragons

A tale in which is detailed how I used SWITCH PARTITION to efficiently load my data and save myself from the flaming jaws of death.

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2017-10-20 (first published: 2015-11-02)

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In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):

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What is returned?