Changing the Path for the Master Database
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Changing the Path for the Master Database
This article will show how we can move the master database to a...
2018-01-11
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Blog Posts
DevOps Does Not Make Admins Obsolete
As a follow up to my tweet, I stand by my belief that DevOps does not make administrators obsolete. I...
2018-01-11 (first published: 2018-01-03)
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Fun with sp_rename
Currently the only way to rename objects in SQL Server is to use sp_rename. Although that may be changing in...
2018-01-11
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How to Change the File Extension for a Data File
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How to Change the File Extension for a Data File
In general, the file extensions that we use for SQL Server data files are MDF (Primary Data File), NDF...
2018-01-11
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How to Change the File Extension for a Data File
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How to Change the File Extension for a Data File
In general, the file extensions for our SQL Data Files...
2018-01-11
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How to fix Orphaned Users easily
What are Orphaned Users
“Orphaned Users” is a common issue in SQL Server where a Database User is no longer associated...
2018-01-11 (first published: 2018-01-03)
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SQL Server Configurations – Back to Basics
One thing that SQL Server does very well is come pre-configured in a lot of ways. These pre-configured settings would be called defaults. Having default settings is not a...
2018-01-11
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SQL Server Configurations – Back to Basics
One thing that SQL Server does very well is come pre-configured in a lot of ways. These pre-configured settings would...
2018-01-11
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T-SQL for Performance and Accuracy – Vern Rabe: A preconference essential for anyone using SQL Server
SQL Saturday Preconference: February 9th, 2018 in Redmond, WA Do you think you write T-SQL queries that perform well? Think...
2018-01-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #98 Round Up
Thank you to everyone that took the time to write and contribute, I enjoyed reading about how you conquered your...
2018-01-11
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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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