Get SQL Server Configuration using T-SQL
As a SQL architect or database administrator, it is required to know how to get SQL Server configuration using T-SQL. This post will share
2022-01-28
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Microsoft industry clouds
In talking with Microsoft customers, I have found that most are not aware that Microsoft has created industry clouds (see Microsoft Industry Clouds). So I wanted to use this...
2022-01-28 (first published: 2022-01-18)
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Parsing scripts with ScriptDOM
In the last post I wrote about what ScriptDOM is and why it is useful. From this post, I will explain how it can be put to use. What...
2022-01-28 (first published: 2022-01-27)
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sp_GetRowcount: How to count the number of rows in any SQL Server table fast
Have you ever had to find the number of rows in a user table, and then wrote a little “SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tblWhatever” and hit execute…and waited…and waited…and waited...
2022-01-28
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SQL Server - How to comma-separated values into different columns
This article will demonstrate the method to store comma-separated values into different columns using SQL Server(T-SQL) query.
2022-01-28
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SQL Server – Retrieve Physical Cores, Physical and Virtual CPUs, and Processor type information
Today's post describes SQL queries to get the following information about the processors of a SQL Server instance: 1. The total number of ph
2022-01-28
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SQL Server agent jobs without notification using T-SQL
This article will describe how to get a list of SQL Server agent jobs without notifications using T-SQL . Read more here
2022-01-28
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T-SQL Query to change Integration Services Catalog (SSISDB) database Master Key encryption password
Learn how to change the Master Key encryption password for an SQL Server Integration Services Catalog (SSISDB) database in SQL Server.
2022-01-28
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Using T-SQL to Answer Date-Related Calculations
There are many interesting questions related to date calculations. For example, I have seen the following questions Give a date, find the first Tuesday day of the previous week/month/quarter,...
2022-01-28
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VS Live Cancelled
I got a note this week from the organizers of VS Live. They let me know the March event in Las Vegas was being cancelled. That was disappointing to...
2022-01-28
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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