Why didn't my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with...
2018-04-09 (first published: 2018-04-04)
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Blog Posts
Why Doesn’t CONTEXT_INFO() Return the Exact Value Set by SET CONTEXT_INFO?
(last updated: 2019-01-05 @ 23:15 EST / 2019-01-06 @ 04:15 UTC )
Let’s say that you execute the following T-SQL:
SET CONTEXT_INFO 1234;
SELECT CONVERT(INT, CONTEXT_INFO());
The...
2018-04-09
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Brief Description about SQL Server Encryption
Encryption is a good technique using which a particular data is obfuscated with a key or password. This makes the data useless until any decryption key or password is...
2018-04-07
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Brief Description about SQL Server Encryption
Encryption is a good technique using which a particular data is obfuscated with a key or password. This makes the...
2018-04-07
576 reads
Hide and Abstract the physical layer
How to build an abstraction layer between physical and logical layers in the database code
2018-04-07
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Friday Reading 2018-04-06
Feels like an age since I posted some links. So busy these days!
I’m really excited today as tomorrow I head...
2018-04-06
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SQL Server 2017 on Linux in the Azure portal
SQL Server 2017 now is considered as a hybrid database enterprise solution as it expands its market and is ported to...
2018-04-06
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SQLSaturday Tools
Much has been said about SQL Saturday tools and how PASS is pulling back from development of those tools past...
2018-04-06 (first published: 2018-03-27)
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Syspolicy Phantom Health Records
SQL Server comes with a default SQL agent job installed (for most installations) to help manage the collection of system health data. I would dare say this job is...
2018-04-06
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Use Boot Diagnostics to see what your Azure VM is doing at boot time
This blog post is about how to diagnose what your Azure VM is doing while it is booting.
I have a...
2018-04-06 (first published: 2018-04-04)
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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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