Powershell - Working with Cluster Resources - Byte Arrays
Over the next few weeks, I plan to share some of the discoveries I've had when working with Windows 2008R2...
2012-03-19
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Blog Posts
RYO Maintenance Plan – Integrity Checks
Happy Monday! Everyone fully recovered from St. Patrick’s Day? Hopefully the weather where you are was as perfect as it...
2012-03-19
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Slides & Samples from my SQLSaturday #115 presentation about ColumnStore Indexes
As I have announced in my ColumnStore presentation last Saturday in Lisbon, you can
find here the slides
& samples for download....
2012-03-19
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SQL Server 2012: xVelocity
After SQL Server 2012 was released this past week, I saw a few mentions from Microsoft about a new feature...
2012-03-19
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TDE and Compression
I knew that enabling TDE would cause the information stored within to, effectively, be randomized, which means it would seriously...
2012-03-19
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Troubleshooting Event ID 9 - The device, xxxxx, did not respond within the timeout period.
The System logs returned :
The device, xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, did not respond within the timeout period.
Some common causes
1) SCSI controller firmware
2) Incorrect...
2012-03-19
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Activity Monitor in SQL Server 2012: an Improved Embedded Optimisation Gizmo for the Thrifty DBA
Waaaay back in December ‘08, after having spoken briefly at SQL teach here in Montreal thanks to MVP Paul Nielsen...
2012-03-18
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Avoid Database Restore Issues (Errors 3219 or 3514) by a Simple Script Edit - the DB Restore Work-around
Starting with the 1000 foot view: During the process of applying changes to a production database - let's call it Change...
2012-03-18
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2012-03-17
1 year old sandwich
It's been an interesting day. It was the 1 year anniversary of SQLSandwiches today. It was also my last day working...
2012-03-16
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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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