SSIS Precedence Constraints
In the control flow for SQL Server Integration Services, the “lines” we commonly use to connect tasks to each other are actually smart controls. These SSIS precedence constraints allow...
2019-09-02
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Blog Posts
Visual Studio tSQLt Test Adapter
I finally got around to updating the tSQLt test adapter for visual studio, you can download it from:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vs-publisher-263684.GoEddietSQLt2019
or the search in visual studio extensions thingy finds it as well.
For...
2019-09-02
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Visual Studio tSQLt Test Adapter
I finally got around to updating the tSQLt test adapter for visual studio, you can download it from:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vs-publisher-263684.GoEddietSQLt2019
or the search in visual studio extensions thingy finds it as well.
For...
2019-09-02
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What’s in the pipeline for Power BI?
If you’re interested in Power BI (or the Power platform in general), you might be interested in checking out the release overview guides of “2019 release wave 2” for...
2019-09-02
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What’s in the pipeline for Power BI?
If you’re interested in Power BI (or the Power platform in general), you might be interested in checking out the release overview guides of “2019 release wave 2” for...
2019-09-02
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Why do DBAs dislike loops?
If you started out as a developer you were probably taught how important loops are. They are one of the ... Continue reading
2019-09-02 (first published: 2019-08-22)
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Persisting SQL Server Data in Docker Containers – Part 1
What’s the number one thing a data professional wants to do with their data…keep it around. Let’s talk about running SQL Server in Containers using Docker Volumes on a...
2019-09-01
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Persisting SQL Server Data in Docker Containers – Part 1
What’s the number one thing a data professional wants to do with their data…keep it around. Let’s talk about running SQL Server in Containers using Docker Volumes on a...
2019-09-01
802 reads
Persisting SQL Server Data in Docker Containers – Part 2
So in my previous post, we discussed Docker Volumes and how they have a lifecycle independent of the container enabling us to service the container image independent of the data...
2019-09-01
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Persisting SQL Server Data in Docker Containers – Part 2
So in my previous post, we discussed Docker Volumes and how they have a lifecycle independent of the container enabling us to service the container image independent of the data...
2019-09-01
116 reads
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