2024-06-24
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Blog Posts
How to give developers access to Query Store
Let’s have devs look at their own query performance. Yes, please, sign me up for that! Sometimes, it’s hard for me to know the best course of action, especially...
2024-06-24 (first published: 2024-06-03)
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Resetting Git and Abandoning Changes–#SQLNewBlogger
I recently had an issue in one of my Git repos, and decided to drop all my local changes and just pull down from the remote. This post looks...
2024-06-24
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Transform yourself into an Invaluable Data Leader in just 6 weeks
I’ve collaborated with two industry experts to design a transformative course for data leaders: “The Technical and Strategic Data Leader.” This six-week intensive learning journey is crafted to elevate...
2024-06-24
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A Global Team Meeting
The last few years at Redgate we’ve had the entire (or most) of the marketing department come to Cambridge in the UK for a week. A few weeks ago...
2024-06-21
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A New Word: sayfish
sayfish – n. a sincere emotion that seems to wither into mush as soon as you try to put it into words – like reeling in a shimmering beast...
2024-06-21
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How important is having great soft skills as a Software Engineer for personal growth and career…
How important is having great soft skills as a Software Engineer for personal growth and career successAs an Engineer, I would like to understand what I need to do to...
2024-06-21 (first published: 2024-05-26)
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What to Know about Power BI Theme Colors
Power BI reports have a theme that specifies the default colors, fonts, and visual styles. In Power BI Desktop, you can choose to use a built-in theme, start with...
2024-06-21
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Speaking at SQL Saturday South Florida 2024
I’m heading to SQL Saturday South Florida 2024 next week. This is my second time attending the event and if you’re in the Miami area (or want to take...
2024-06-20
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The Next Phase & A Fresh Start
As of June 1, I am no longer an employee at 3Cloud. I am now officially on long term disability. This marks the first time since I graduated from...
2024-06-20
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Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
The Goldilocks problem – Materialized Views
I’m sure you’ve all heard the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but...
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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How We Handled a Vendor Retry That Loaded Twice in Snowflake
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Cognitive Coverage
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Question of the Day
Getting the Average
I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers