Management
Are you ready to move into management? The jump from tech worker to management is a large one and Andy Warren shares some of his experience in making the leap with you.
2008-02-18
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SQL Server 2008 New DATETIME DataTypes
This article is going to cover the newly introduced data types in SQL Server 2008 July CTP, and will specifically discuss the DATETIME functions.
2008-02-18
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SQL Q&A: Non-Clustered Indexes and Retaining Permissions
Q What are non-clustered indexes, and what are the pros and cons of using them?
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Locking Down DTS
There's no security role to prevent or allow users to creating DTS Packages. Find out how to lock down DTS on your system.
2008-02-15 (first published: 2001-04-21)
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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