Exit Codes, systemd and SQL Server on Linux
In this blog post we’re going to cover systemd, process exit codes and highlight how systemd reacts in certain exit...
2017-10-28
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Blog Posts
Veterans at PASS Summit 2017
Hello all!
This year at PASS Summit, I wanted to do something different. In the past Summit’s that I have attended,...
2017-10-28
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Check out my Tips for Friday Blog Series
In case you missed, I started a new blog series several weeks ago called 5 Tips for Friday on SQL...
2017-10-27
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Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
The 1st cumulative update release for SQL Server 2017 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site.
CU#1 KB Article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4038634/cumulative-update-1-for-sql-server-2017
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2017 RTM Latest Cumulative Update: https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=56128
2017-10-27
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Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2017 RTM
The 1st cumulative update release for SQL Server 2017 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site.
CU#1...
2017-10-27
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Drop That Schema
An often under utilized or maybe even mis-utilized feature of SQL Server is a database object schema. In the event of the latter, there is an occasional requirement for change.
Related...
2017-10-27
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Friday Reading 2017-10-27
Morning all! PASS Summit is coming next week but unfortunately I can’t make it this year. I hope everyone who...
2017-10-27
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Introducing XESmartTarget
Three years ago, I started to work on a project called ExtendedTsqlCollector. I blogged about it multiple times here on...
2017-10-27 (first published: 2017-10-19)
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SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary - Failover Groups - Part 4
150th Blog Post . So, the post involves video demo :)Previous posts on this series was about using "Geo Replication" to configure active secondary. However, it comes with few...
2017-10-27
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SQL Azure Databases - Active Secondary - Failover Groups - Part 4
150th Blog Post . So, the post involves video demo 🙂
Previous posts on this series was about using "Geo Replication" to...
2017-10-27
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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...
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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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