Azure DB for MySQL – Storage v1 vs v2
When it comes to MySQL and storage you will normally have to decide on 3 options: basic, general purpose v1 or v2. Basic does support up to 1TB and...
2022-02-07
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 7 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-07
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Identify When your SQL Database Was Last Used
Database servers are used for storing vast amounts of data. It is essential to know when any user last used the database. This blog will cov
2022-02-07 (first published: 2022-01-24)
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Passed DP-900–A Review
This is part of a series on my preparation for the DP-900 exam. This is the Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, part of a number of certification paths. You can...
2022-02-07
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Which Columns Are Looked Up?
A common issue in performance is the lookup, key or RID, but the question frequently asked is, which columns are looked up? You need to know in order to...
2022-02-07 (first published: 2022-01-24)
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Daily Coping 4 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-04
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Goal Progress for Jan 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. My first update. I spent most of January unwinding slightly...
2022-02-04
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How SQL Server executes a Query
Beginning with today, I want to give you over the next few months a blog post series about the basics of performance tuning in SQL Server. Before we go...
2022-02-04 (first published: 2022-01-25)
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I'm Speaking at SQLBits 2022!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQLBits! I had the absolute pleasure of speaking at SQLBits in the past, both in person and virtual, and...
2022-02-04
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Introducing ScriptDOM
I’ve been meaning to get a series of blog posts started on this topic. A twitter conversation from yesterday finally pushed me to it. Last year, I was tasked...
2022-02-04 (first published: 2022-01-24)
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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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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