Speaking at Idera’s Live Virtual Conference
Have you heard about Idera’s Live Virtual Conference? It is being held on May 16, from 9 AM to 3...
2018-05-01
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Advanced Aggregations Part 3 GROUPING/GROUPING_ID
This post is part 3 of a 3 part series…
Part 1 Grouping SetsPart 2 ROLLUP and CUBEPart 3 GROUPING and...
2018-05-01
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State of the Cloud Database: April 2018
It’s an exciting time to be a database professional. The technology is advancing quickly, large datasets are easier to handle...
2018-05-01 (first published: 2018-04-25)
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Version Update, Code Signing and publishing to the PowerShell Gallery with VSTS
At the fabulous PowerShell Conference EU I presented about Continuous Delivery to the PowerShell Gallery with VSTS and explained how...
2018-05-01
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A Perfect Solution to Resolve SQL Server Error 211
SQL Server Schema is basically a collection of SQL Objects that includes the tables, related columns, its entries, or other components. Due to this, it becomes easy for a...
2018-04-30
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A Perfect Solution to Resolve SQL Server Error 211
SQL Server Schema is basically a collection of SQL Objects that includes the tables, related columns, its entries, or other...
2018-04-30
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Bring Your Own Key to Azure SQL Database TDE
I have previously written about using Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with Azure Key Vaule as a great way to store...
2018-04-30 (first published: 2018-04-19)
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Finding Untrusted Foreign Keys and Constraints
In the previous blog, we discussed the Foreign Keys Constraints and how the CHECK Constraints are useful to verify the...
2018-04-30 (first published: 2018-04-19)
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Guide for Setting up Telegraf to Monitor InfluxDB
Problem
If you been reading this series you are used to looking at Windows and SQL Server but who knows what...
2018-04-30
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Guide for Setting up Telegraf to Monitor InfluxDB
Problem
If you been reading this series you are used to looking at Windows and SQL Server but who knows what...
2018-04-30
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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...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
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The Hidden Security Risks of Role Combination in SSAS Tabular
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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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