2020-10-04
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Blog Posts
Azure SQL Database Compatibility with SQL Server
A long time ago, in early days of the Azure SQL Database in 2015, I wrote this article in which I tried to compare the SQL Server and Azure...
2020-10-02 (first published: 2020-09-27)
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Daily Coping 2 Oct 2020
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...
2020-10-02
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Missing SQL Bits
This week is SQL Bits week, which is taking place virtually over in the UK. Things are planned for UK time, and speakers are accommodating them. I had a...
2020-10-02
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VMworld 2020 – Top 10 Database Sessions (Part 2)
Whether you are a SQL Server Database Administrator, Infrastructure Architect, or any other member of IT managing SQL Servers in a virtualized environment, you should already be registered for...
2020-10-02 (first published: 2020-09-25)
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VMworld 2020 SQL Server Session Open Q&A – Oct 15
If you were fortunate enough to catch our VMworld 2020 conference session on architecting SQL Server performance for hybrid cloud architectures, you’ll notice that there were no opportunities for...
2020-10-02
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Daily Coping 1 Oct 2020
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...
2020-10-01
18 reads
PASS Virtual Summit 2020 Conference Sessions
Whether you are a SQL Server Database Administrator or Infrastructure Architect, you should be attending this year’s PASS Summit 2020 conference, held virtually from November 10 to 13th online....
2020-10-01
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Review: Stellar Repair for SQL Server
I was contacted by Stellar Info quite a while ago. They asked me to try out their software. I said yes, but I was really bad about getting it...
2020-10-01 (first published: 2020-09-23)
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VMworld 2020 – Top 10 Database Sessions (Part 1)
Whether you are a SQL Server Database Administrator, Infrastructure Architect, or any other member of IT managing SQL Servers in a virtualized environment, you should already be registered for...
2020-10-01 (first published: 2020-09-24)
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Blogs
AI Helps Me with My Sloppiness
By Steve Jones
I type fairly well. Well, I type fast, but I do wear out a...
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...
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