The Weekly Editorial - MP3
Our weekly commentary on SQL Server news and notes from the week ending 1/12/08.
2008-01-13
38 reads
Steve Jones
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The Weekly Editorial - WMV
Our weekly commentary on SQL Server news and notes from the week ending 1/12/08.
2008-01-13
51 reads
A Little Variety
Do we really need to corner the market for our particular business? Steve Jones talks about the need to grow your business at the expense of others.
2008-01-10
56 reads
Keynotes - MP3
This Friday we look forward to the various tech events of 2008 and which speakers you think are worth seeing.
2008-01-10
49 reads
The Backup Myth
Running backups is enough for disaster recovery, right? That's a myth that could get you into trouble. Steve Jones explains there's more that's needed.
2008-01-09
948 reads
A Little Variety - MP3
Do we really need to corner the market for our particular business? Steve Jones talks about the need to grow your business at the expense of others.
2008-01-09
578 reads
A Little Variety - WMV
Do we really need to corner the market for our particular business? Steve Jones talks about the need to grow your business at the expense of others.
2008-01-09
336 reads
Myths - iPod
Every profession has its share of myths about how it works. IT might have more than its share and Steve Jones comments on a few of them.
2008-01-09
49 reads
Myths - MP3
Every profession has its share of myths about how it works. IT might have more than its share and Steve Jones comments on a few of them.
2008-01-09
583 reads
Myths - WMV
Every profession has its share of myths about how it works. IT might have more than its share and Steve Jones comments on a few of them.
2008-01-09
52 reads
Blogs
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The Goldilocks problem – Materialized Views
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Forums
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Cognitive Coverage
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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