Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I got some data recently from an online...
2020-09-30 (first published: 2020-09-23)
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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...
2020-09-30
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This post looks at a curious data type that isn’t really a data type. Instead, sql_variant tries to be all things to all people. As with most things in...
2020-09-30
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There are some options in Azure Synapse Analytics that are not obvious that I wanted to point out. While in Azure Synapse Studio, going to the Data hub and...
2020-09-29 (first published: 2020-09-23)
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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...
2020-09-29
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Looking forward to presenting at SQLSaturday Memphis virtually this weekend!
Both my wife and I are on the schedule for Saturday, and the organizers chose interesting nontechnical topics for both...
2020-09-29
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In this month’s Power BI Digest Matt and I will again guide you through some of the latest and greatest Power BI updates this month.
2020-09-29 (first published: 2020-09-22)
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sp_RestoreScript 1.7 has been released. For information and documentation please visit https://sqlundercover.com/2017/06/29/undercover-toolbox-sp_restorescript-a-painless-way-to-generate-sql-server-database-restore-scripts/ Changes in 1.7 New Parameters @IncludeCopyOnly – 1 – Copy only backups are included0 – Copy only...
2020-09-29
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Happy Tuesday everyone… Today I am honored to have my first article published on MSSQLTips.com. As a Production SQL Server Database Administrator, you do not usually find yourself in...
2020-09-28 (first published: 2020-09-22)
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I was in a need of converting some datetime values (of which I know the actual timezone) to UTC dates. A quick Google search showed me that most results...
2020-09-28 (first published: 2020-09-22)
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By Steve Jones
I type fairly well. Well, I type fast, but I do wear out a...
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Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
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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