SQL Server 2016 Row-level Security and SSRS a perfect match
In this blog I will explain and demonstrate how to leverage a new feature in SQL Server 2016, Row Level...
2016-02-15 (first published: 2016-02-08)
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Patrick LeBlanc
Upcoming SQL Saturday Precon Sessions (Update!!!!)
Wow, Power BI is making a tidal wave in the BI industry. New features are being released regularly and blog posts...
2016-02-08
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From the Power BI dashboard to a specific page in a Report
Recently, I was working with a customer designing Power BI reports and dashboards. Everything was going great until she asked...
2016-01-25
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Quick Tip: Why Can’t I Pin an Excel Range to a Power BI Dashboard?
So two new exciting capabilities were announced recently in Power BI. One involved Excel and the other SSRS, but they...
2015-12-17 (first published: 2015-12-14)
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Sentiment Analysis with Power BI
I was recently asked by a customer to help them do some Text analysis of course evaluation data. They wanted...
2015-12-09 (first published: 2015-12-02)
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Atlanta BI Edition SQL Saturday Precon
The explosion of Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities coming from Microsoft these days have left many of us in a frenzy. ...
2015-12-03
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Orlando SQL Saturday Precon – Transform and Visualize Data with Power BI
I found out a couple of weeks ago that I will speaking at the Orlando SQL Saturdayfor the first time...
2015-07-24 (first published: 2015-07-20)
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I’m Speaking at the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday
After a few years away, the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday group has finally allowed me back at their annual event...
2015-07-15
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A Full Day of Power BI with Me
Join me for a full day of Power BI in Baton Rouge, LA and Downers Grove, IL, where I will teach...
2015-04-13
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2015-04-10
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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...
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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