Implementing ETL Logging on Lakehouse using Delta Lake's Time Travel capability
In this article I demonstrate how to use Delta Lake's time travel functionality for ETL logging along with steps to take to implement.
2022-07-01
Articles
The VALUES clause or building tables out of nothing
The VALUES clause makes inserting literal values into a table simple and easy. In this article, Joe Celko explains how to use the VALUES clause.
2022-07-01
How to tell what SQL Server versions you are running
Check out this tip to easily find out what version of SQL Server you are running.
2022-06-29
SQL Monitor: On-demand demo [Watch now]
Haven't seen SQL Monitor in a while? If you'd like to see how it enables you to always have the answers to the health of your estate, and proactively find potential problems before they impact your users, here's a 30 minute demo for you to watch whenever it suits you.
2022-06-29
2022-06-27
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Security in MySQL: Part One
There are several tools available to keep a MySQL database secure. In this article Lukas Vileikis discuses access control and user privileges.
2022-06-27
SQL Database Snapshots for Reporting, Auditing and Data Recovery
In this article we look at how to create a SQL Server database snapshot and how snapshots can be used for reporting, auditing and more.
2022-06-27
Randomizing the Day Inside a Month Using T-SQL
This article shows how you can randomize dates in T-SQL, but keep the month and year the same while the day varies.
2022-06-24
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DevOps 101 webinar: The role of Automation
Join Grant Fritchey to discover how automating your database deployments enables you to speed up software delivery with repeatable processes that stop your database being the bottleneck.
2022-06-24
Python Try Except Code Samples
In this article we look at how to use exception handling when writing Python scripts along with many different examples using try, except, else and finally clause.
2022-06-24
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The Empty Aggregate
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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