2008-03-09
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Articles
2008-03-09
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Forum Search Changes
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2008-03-08
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Linked Server Optimization
This article demonstrates the negative affect that linked servers can cause in queries and offers alternatives to speed up performance.
2008-03-07
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The Truth Table
Truth tables are an important part of working with logical values in SQL Server. Yousef Ekhtiari brings us some T-SQL that can help you construct those many variable truth tables and ensure you are getting the results you expect.
2008-03-07 (first published: 2007-04-19)
11,973 reads
Using VBScript to Automate Tasks
This article discusses why VBScript should be one of the tools you use to manage your server. Sample scripts show how to remove files over x days old and how to FTP files.
2008-03-07 (first published: 2003-11-04)
103,040 reads
Apply Test-Driven Development to your Database Projects
This article from MSDN discusses the benefits of TDD and bringing unit testing to your database development.
2008-03-07
3,320 reads
Bad Meetings
A joint editorial this week from the Red Gate team looking back at the news of the week.
2008-03-07
35 reads
Bad Meetings
A joint editorial this week from the Red Gate team looking back at the news of the week.
2008-03-07
38 reads
Extending SQL Server Reporting Services with SQL CLR Table-Valued Functions
This article describes how to take advantage of SQL CLR table-valued functions to combine different types of data sources to create rich and exciting SQL Server Reporting Services reports.
2008-03-07
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Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
The Goldilocks problem – Materialized Views
I’m sure you’ve all heard the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but...
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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How We Handled a Vendor Retry That Loaded Twice in Snowflake
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Question of the Day
Getting the Average
I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers