Unicode, Emojis and Databases Oh My!
Explore an easy method to create a table of all unicode (and emoji) characters to store within your database environment. This easy solution can save you a significant amount...
2020-01-06
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Blog Posts
When Too Much is Not a Good Thing
Explore how to avoid unwanted results that oft occur due to lack of attention to detail, use of internet examples, misunderstanding of the requirements; and always from granting way...
2020-01-06 (first published: 2019-12-13)
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Creative XE Sessions – Funky Data
Playing around with emojis in a database is a fun endeavor. Not only is it fun to play with for personal growth, but it does have some business advantages.
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2020-01-04
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Creative XE Sessions – Funky Data
Playing around with emojis in a database is a fun endeavor. Not only is it fun to play with for personal growth, but it does have some business advantages.
Related...
2020-01-04
19 reads
Creative XE Sessions – Funky Data
Playing around with emojis in a database is a fun endeavor. Not only is it fun to play with for personal growth, but it does have some business advantages.
Related...
2020-01-04
6 reads
Checking SSIS Variable Values During Runtime
As anyone who reads my blog on a regular basis knows, I’m a big fan of using dynamic configurations, including SSIS parameters variables, to make my ETL architectures as...
2020-01-03 (first published: 2019-12-21)
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Creative Extended Event Sessions
A picture is worth a thousand words, right? Sometimes, a picture for an event session just may be able to say it better than 50-60 letters used to try...
2020-01-03
254 reads
Creative Extended Event Sessions
A picture is worth a thousand words, right? Sometimes, a picture for an event session just may be able to say it better than 50-60 letters used to try...
2020-01-03
4 reads
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!! Yes, I know it was two days ago but I’m still pseudo-on-vacation-not-really so just another simple blog post wishing you prosperity, health, and good tidings this...
2020-01-03
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SQLSaturday Orlando Notes – The Five Hats
I want to wrap up the notes on SQLSaturday by writing about my approach to managing events that I’ve evolved at SQLSaturday but definitely applies to most events and...
2020-01-03 (first published: 2019-12-16)
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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...
WITH clause gets a 26ai boost!
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Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
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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