I've been chosen to speak at SQL Saturday Guatemala
I'm thrilled to announce that one of my proposals has been chosen to be presented in Guatemala's SQL Saturday that...
2018-01-19
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Blog Posts
Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 86 – Bubble Chart by Akvelon)
In this module you will learn how to use the Bubble Chart Custom Visual by Akvelon. The Bubble chart allows...
2018-01-19
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Summiting that Technical Challenge
Conquering Challenges
I really like the topic of the TSQLTuesday party today. Today we have been instructed in no uncertain terms...
2018-01-19 (first published: 2018-01-10)
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Toolbox - Why is My Database So Big????
I have written previously (here)about how to tell which database files have free space in them when your drive starts...
2018-01-19
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tSQLt Tests for Advent of Code 2017 Day 4
This is day 4 of the Advent of Code 2017. If you want to read about the puzzles, start with...
2018-01-19
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Use Snippets in SSMS to insert blocks of code (Day 19)
Snippets allow you to store and easily reuse TSQL code snippets. To use a snippet, just right-click in the query...
2018-01-19
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Use Snippets in SSMS to insert blocks of code (Day 19)
Snippets allow you to store and easily reuse TSQL code snippets. To use a snippet, just right-click in the query...
2018-01-19
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What Does REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS in SQL Server Signify?
REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS is the repair level, which is recommended by DBCC CHECKDB when the database is found in a corrupted state.SQL...
2018-01-19
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Advent of Code 2017 Day 4–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-01-18
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All Scripts Now On Github
@adedba Adrian Buckman has been working hard and has put all of our scripts up on Github https://github.com/SQLUndercover/UndercoverToolbox
2018-01-18
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Blogs
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
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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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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