The Done Stamp
I’m fond of replying with “done” when a task is complete, no need for anything more elaborate. I’ve been experimenting...
2012-05-25
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Blog Posts
Denali – Day 24: True Black Box Recorder – sp_server_diagnostics
Denali – Day 24: True Black Box Recorder – sp_server_diagnostics
Earlier sql server was having diagnoses tool.
Default trace.
SQLDiag
And other tools but could not...
2012-05-24
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It’s OK To Eat Alone
There’s a lot to be said for the philosophy of Never Eat Alone, using meals as a great time to...
2012-05-24
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Recently Used Tables and Databases
Recently developed these queries to assist with the evaluation of development or sandbox environments. Sometimes disk space demands that old...
2012-05-24
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SQLServerCentral.com Track Offered at 2012 SQL Server Connections in Las Vegas this Fall
As we have done for the last several years, SQLServerCentral.com will be offering its own track at SQL Server Connections...
2012-05-24 (first published: 2012-05-21)
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What happens when a SSAS Tabular model exceeds memory?
If you are using the Tabular model in SSAS, it will use the xVelocity technology to load your entire database...
2012-05-24 (first published: 2012-05-21)
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Analyzing TPC-E Benchmark Performance by Physical Processor Core
The TPC Benchmark E (TPC-E) is an OLTP performance benchmark that was introduced in May, 2007. The TPC-E benchmark is...
2012-05-23
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Basic SSIS Equivalents to T-SQL's LIKE
There are some things that we do in one SQL Server tool, but can't seem to figure out how to...
2012-05-23 (first published: 2012-05-22)
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Columnstore indexes and memory
Columnstore indexes are built and processed completely in memory. You will receive an out-of-memory error if you do not have enough memory...
2012-05-23
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Denali – Day 23: Data Quality Services (DQS)
Denali – Day 23: Data Quality Services(DQS)
Data intelligence vs. human intelligence: Sql server RDBMS is a database system which has data...
2012-05-23
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Blogs
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...
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
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The Hidden Security Risks of Role Combination in SSAS Tabular
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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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