Daily Coping 26 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to see how many people you can smile at today. Easy one for me. I find this makes me happier and my day better when...
2022-12-26
22 reads
Blog Posts
My Stats from 2022
I wrote last week about my travel, 23 trips in 2022. However, I’ve been gathering some other stats about my life and what I do, so I wanted to...
2022-12-26
21 reads
Types of data consulting engagements and what you can expect from them
There are multiple ways organizations can engage with a data (DBA/analytics/data architect/ML/etc.) consultant. The type of engagement you choose affects the pace and deliverables of the project, and the...
2022-12-26 (first published: 2022-12-06)
221 reads
A Big Year for Travel
I do tend to travel a good amount as my kids have gotten older. The pandemic slowed things for a year, but only then. Someone remarked on this year...
2022-12-23
19 reads
Advent of Code 2022
Foreword
Advent of Code is an annual event in which participants solve a series of coding puzzles. It typically begins on December 1 and runs through the end of the...
2022-12-23 (first published: 2022-12-08)
161 reads
Daily Coping 23 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to be generous. Feed someone with food, love, or kindness today It’s often a family day today, as work ends and we prepare for Christmas....
2022-12-23
19 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #157–The End of Year
It’s that time of the month, and I’m late. I’ve been on holiday for a week, so this is a quick post for T-SQL Tuesday. This month is hosted...
2022-12-23 (first published: 2022-12-13)
244 reads
Daily Coping 22 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to buy an extra item and donate to a local food bank. The food banks in my area are only open limited days, especially post...
2022-12-22
25 reads
Daily Coping 21 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to listen wholeheartedly to someone else, without judging them. I get the chance to talk with lots of people. I make it a point when...
2022-12-21
21 reads
Effectively Integrating FHIR Data from Azure Health Services
This blog is intended to be a follow up from the SQL Saturday 2022 in Oregon & SW Washington. In that session I presented an introduction to FHIR and...
2022-12-21 (first published: 2022-12-13)
291 reads
Blogs
AI Helps Me with My Sloppiness
By Steve Jones
I type fairly well. Well, I type fast, but I do wear out a...
WITH clause gets a 26ai boost!
By way of background, a while back I did video called “My New Favourite...
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art, Part 4: Happy...
ALAMAT KONTAK BCA KCU PONTIANAK Telp,Cs:08218154393
WA:08218154393 Jl. Jenderal Ahmad Yani No.1, Benua Melayu Darat, Kec. Pontianak Sel., Kota Pontianak,...
ALAMAT KONTAK BCA KCU BALIKPAPAN Telp,Cs:08218154393
WA:08218154393 Jl. Jenderal Sudirman No.139, Klandasan Ilir, Kec. Balikpapan Kota, Kota Balikpapan, Kalimantan Timur...
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