TinyInt problem in SSAS
If you have a source table that has a Tinyint primary key column defined as IDENTITY and you create a...
2012-03-28
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Blog Posts
Transforming Event Log Data
Several months ago I described a solution for Delegated SQL Server Administration with Powershell. In the solution, the SqlProxy module...
2012-03-28 (first published: 2012-03-23)
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Unstructured Data in SQL Server
More and more of our data does not fit neatly into a structured, relational model of rows and columns of...
2012-03-28
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Why I am excited about SQL Server 2012 (Part 2)
Earlier this month I published a blog entry on this same subject. In honor of the local Minneapolis launch event,...
2012-03-28
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Exporting data to CSV file using SQLCMD/BCP
When it comes to exporting data there are different options available in SQL Server, such as SQL Server Integration Services,...
2012-03-27
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FILESTREAM and Snapshot Isolation Mode in SQL 2008
FILESTREAM and Snapshot Isolation mode are incompatible in SQL 2008.
In SQL 2008 R2 however...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173763.aspx
In SQL Server 2008 R2, snapshot...
2012-03-27 (first published: 2012-03-20)
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Inserting UniCode / Special characters in tables
Consider the situation where one needs to store multilingual data / Special characters into a table. For example Chinese characters or...
2012-03-27
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Powershell – Adding accounts to Local Security Policy
One of the challenges I’ve had over the years is figuring out a way to add the SQL Service accounts...
2012-03-27
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SQL in the City: Free SQL Server Event in London
Red Gate Software has announced “SQL in the City: London,” to be held on Friday, July 13, 2012, at the...
2012-03-27 (first published: 2012-03-19)
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SQL Server # Storing Hierarchical Data – Parent Child n’th level # TSQL
Introduction
Today, I would like to explain one way in which we can store the HIERARCHICAL data in SQL tables. A...
2012-03-27
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Blogs
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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