Dealing with Change – Two Resources
As I look at the state of information technology today, I see one constant: rapid change. We all see it. While this is the type of post I would...
2024-05-08 (first published: 2024-04-22)
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Blog Posts
Degrees and Trade Schools
Can we normalize a couple of things? 1 – Trade Schools. Back in the 80’s trade classes in high school and post high school were frowned upon, or looked...
2024-05-08
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How Redgate Flyway Can Boost Your DevOps Journey
A brief introduction to the tool and its advantages for database migrations DevOps is a culture and a set of practices that aim to deliver software faster and more...
2024-05-08 (first published: 2024-04-25)
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Redgate Summit Comes to the Windy City
I love Chicago. I went to visit three times in 2023: a Redgate event, a volleyball tournament, and a wedding. Each time was a lot of fun and I...
2024-05-08
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Techorama 2024 – Slides
You can find the slidedeck for my Techorama session “Microsoft Fabric for Dummies” on github.
The post Techorama 2024 – Slides first appeared on Under the kover of business intelligence.
2024-05-08
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Attacking the Weakest Link
When I look at a system and think about its security model, the first thing I start poking around at is where I think security is weakest. For instance,...
2024-05-06
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Cloud Databases Made Simple: Creating Your First AWS RDS Instance
I recently started full time learning of Amazon Web Services (AWS). I found that AWS's Relational Database Service
(RDS) is really user-friendly. RDS simplifies many of the
complicated aspects of...
2024-05-06 (first published: 2024-04-20)
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Tired of Tedious SQL Queries? AI Tools Can Automate The Boring Parts
If you've ever wrestled with complex SQL code, you know the drill. Hours spent on a single query, eyes glazing over at the endless lines of commands, that sinking...
2024-05-06 (first published: 2024-04-19)
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Webinar – Microsoft Fabric for Dummies
On Wednesday May 15th 2024 I will give a free webinar on MSSQLTips.com about Microsoft Fabric (at 6PM UTC).Abstract: Microsoft Fabric is the new all-encompassing data platform of Microsoft....
2024-05-06
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A New Word: mcfeely
mcfeely – adj. inexplicably moved by predictable and well-worn sentiments, even if they are trite or obvious or being broadcast blindly to the masses. I get mcfeely all the...
2024-05-03
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Blogs
AI Helps Me with My Sloppiness
By Steve Jones
I type fairly well. Well, I type fast, but I do wear out a...
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...
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