If not me, then who?
[Content Warning: this post contains references to subjects that may trigger a trauma response. Read with caution.] This is not a technical post. I was going to write about...
2020-09-16
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Blog Posts
Resizing Tempdb (When TEMPDB Wont Shrink)
Occasionally, we must resize or realign our Tempdb log file (.ldf) or data files (.mdf or .ndf) due to a growth event that forces the file size out of...
2020-09-16 (first published: 2020-09-09)
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Automate Credit Card Audits
In this article, I have shown how to use the power of automation to help identify the risk of having card data stored in the database. Identifying this risk...
2020-09-15 (first published: 2020-09-08)
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Automation Ideas for T-SQL Tuesday #130
This month we have another great T-SQL Tuesday topic, and again, a host that I pressured into writing the invitation. Elizabeth Noble (@SQLZelda) and I were talking DevOps last...
2020-09-15 (first published: 2020-09-08)
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Azure DevOps at the Data Platform Summit 2020
I was lucky enough to go to the Data Platform Summit in 2017. I still have one of my favorite speaking pictures from the event: I took my whole...
2020-09-15
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Daily Coping 15 Aug 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...
2020-09-15
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Daily Coping 14 Sep 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...
2020-09-14
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Reflections on Being a New Gopher With A Dotnet Background
Disclaimer
Newbie Gopher.
Much of what I observe is likely to be half right.
I’ll probably look back at the end of the year and shake my head, but gotta start the...
2020-09-14 (first published: 2020-09-07)
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T-SQL Tuesday #130 – Automate Permissions Audits
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Elizabeth Noble. The subject chosen “what have you automated to make your life easier?” For me the topic is near and...
2020-09-14 (first published: 2020-09-08)
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2020-09-13
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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