MidnightDBA: We do a lot
We do a lot of things. It’s difficult to explain all the things we do to people. So I made...
2011-03-28
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Jen McCown
SQL Math: Whole Numbers, Real Numbers
It’s been a long time since grade school math, and for some the details have become kinda fuzzy. I’m no...
2011-03-28
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An Analogy is like a Tree….
For years, I’ve been trying to express how everything ties into everything else. A big part of understanding any given...
2011-03-25
496 reads
Maaaaaagic Tables!!!
I had an interview earlier this week. An interview for a SQL developer position. It went fine. But. Question number X...
2011-03-24
2,387 reads
Not Cool Enough for Firefox
I’m pretty consistently behind the curve on most things. It took three years for me to get into The Office...
2011-03-22
885 reads
Filmed: DBAs@Midnight Episode 2.30
Friday night (as per usual) we filmed a new episode of our 2 1/2 year old webshow, DBAs@Midnight in front...
2011-03-19
852 reads
Women in Technology SQL Lunch!
Attend SQL Lunch...the power of my sweater compels you...
This week on Friday, March 17 we’re having a free panel talk,...
2011-03-17
669 reads
24 Hours of PASS Spring 2011 Code Sins
Here is all the things related to the most awesome Code Sins session I gave at 24 Hours of PASS Spring...
2011-03-15
677 reads
SQL University – Teach Your Children Well
“If you had a daughter, would you really encourage her to get into IT?” … “Yes, if she loved it.”
- My...
2011-03-10
983 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #016: Aggregates and Windowing Functions and Ranking! Yum!
Let’s get this out of the way right now: I am SO going to take advantage of this T-SQL Tuesday...
2011-03-08
911 reads
Blogs
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
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Let's Talk Certifications
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FARE LABS Pvt. Ltd. is a Proficiency testing laboratory located in India.
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The Hidden Security Risks of Role Combination in SSAS Tabular
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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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