Summit Launch Pricing Ends June 7
The PASS Data Community Summit is back in Seattle this November, the 14-17, 2023. It’s in person only, and if you can come, you should register today. Launch pricing...
2023-06-01
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Blog Posts
Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 05-22-2023 Microsoft Fabric Launch & Moving Home Offices
Hello Dear Reader! Sorry this is so late, moving houses has gotten me a bit behind this week. I will do better next week!As you may have heard last...
2023-06-01
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Using Docker on Windows with Persistent SQL Server Settings and Databases
This is an easy way to retain the data and settings you create and change on your SQL Server Docker instance. There’s a lot of talk about attaching databases...
2023-05-31 (first published: 2023-05-15)
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Why you still need DBA resource in the cloud
Why a DBA, rather then being redundant, is even more valuable when your databases run in the cloud.
2023-05-31 (first published: 2023-05-19)
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Migrating from EverNote to Joplin
Recently I got a message that my Evernote subscription was going up. It’s been a $3 a month service, but moving to $4 for me. From USD$35 to USD$50...
2023-05-30
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Pulling Azure Analysis Services logs from Azure Log Analytics into PowerBI using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
We have very large Analysis Services(SSAS) cubes with billions of records and hundreds of users so we need to be able to monitor the performance of queries. 95% of...
2023-05-29 (first published: 2023-05-17)
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Query Store – Useful Tool for DBAs
SQL Server is a robust and flexible database management system that offers a variety of features and capabilities to help organizations effectively manage their data. One of the key...
2023-05-29 (first published: 2023-05-18)
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A New Word: Looseleft
looseleft – the feeling of loss upon finishing a good book, sensing the weight of the back cover locking away the lives of characters you’ve gotten to know so...
2023-05-26
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Data Platform WIT and DEI Mental Health and Wellness Day: Managing Chronic Pain
Thank you to Data Platform WIT and DEI for hosting Mental Health and Wellness Day! I was honored to be included. To see the full lineup, please visit https://www.meetup.com/data-platform-dei/events/293091941/...
2023-05-26 (first published: 2023-05-05)
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Top Tools for SQL Server Performance Troubleshooting
When you've got the symptoms of a database issue you can run a series of diagnostic queries to try and drill down on the problem and then start figuring...
2023-05-26 (first published: 2023-05-16)
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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