Surely the first reseed statement fails because of the use of 'RESEED' as a quoted string and not a keyword? The second reseed statement demonstrates its correct use.

Using IN (1 ... 12) is safer. Using LIKE %a% is unsafe because in human languages other than English the spelling of month names may not provide the expected...

So is this article[/url] incorrect?

I believe that plan freezing is also available in SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition.

Books OnLine for 2008:

Tables per SELECT statement : Limited only by available resources

With SQL Server 2005, I am able to create the table with no error, so the answer is wrong.

However, when subsequently I query the table, the conversion error appears.

1 "SELECT...