Daily Coping 8 Dec 2021
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...
2021-12-08
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Blog Posts
Hiding Email with a Dynamic Data Masking Function–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. Dynamic Data Masking is a feature that provides...
2021-12-08 (first published: 2021-11-29)
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Your next step in the cloud
Over the last nine months I’ve presented (virtually) eleven times on a variety of topics relating to SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform. Long-time readers will know I...
2021-12-08
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Daily Coping 7 Dec 2021
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...
2021-12-07
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Finding the NTFS Allocation Unit Size for Mount Points
The 64Kb Allocation Unit size is one of the easiest SQL Server best practice items to complete during your new builds, but from time to time, I still see...
2021-12-07
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The less you hear from or about the DBAs the better they are doing their job.
Something I’ve been thinking about recently is that DBAs are best when they are invisible. Now, this is also true ... Continue reading
2021-12-07
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3-2-1 Backup Rule for Data Protection in SQL – What Is It & Is It Relevant?
In the event of a disaster leading to database unavailability, restoring backups is the first step to ensure business continuity. However, situations may arise when attempts to restore the...
2021-12-06 (first published: 2021-11-25)
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Daily Coping 6 Dec 2021
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...
2021-12-06
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More Times Like These with SQL Server
I blogged the other about have some issues translating Oracle date formats to SQL Server date data types I find the way SQL Server handles dates with a defined...
2021-12-06
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What are those new buttons under tab order in Power BI?
If you’ve visited the Tab order area of the Selection Pane in Power BI in the last couple of months, you might have noticed some new buttons. The hover...
2021-12-06 (first published: 2021-11-29)
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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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How We Handled a Vendor Retry That Loaded Twice in Snowflake
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Cognitive Coverage
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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