New Presentation - The SQLFamily
A couple months ago I delivered a short (15 minute) presentation at work about the importance of having a good professional network and how I’d found mine. As I...
2020-10-06
19 reads
FLX SQL
Recapping SQL Saturday Albany 2020 (virtual)
This weekend was SQL Saturday Albany 2020. This was my third time attending the Albany event, my second time presenting, and my first virtual SQL Saturday. As always, Ed...
2020-07-26
12 reads
Finding & Downloading Required SQL Server Updates
A little while back, I offered up a one-liner to scan your SQL Server instances and report which ones are out of date. But what if you need to...
2020-07-21
196 reads
Finding & Downloading Required SQL Server Updates
A little while back, I offered up a one-liner to scan your SQL Server instances and report which ones are out of date. But what if you need to...
2020-07-21
38 reads
Virtual SQLRun for PASS Summit 2020
Just because we aren’t all together in Houston doesn’t mean we can’t have a #SQLRun at this year’s Summit. It might even be easier for some folks as there’s...
2020-07-02
16 reads
Three Ways to Create a Temp Table
Taking it back to SQL 101 today because I recently saw something that floored me. I’m a big fan of temp tables. I use ’em all over the place...
2020-06-23
44,855 reads
Three Ways to Create a Temp Table
Taking it back to SQL 101 today because I recently saw something that floored me. I’m a big fan of temp tables. I use ’em all over the place...
2020-07-06 (first published: 2020-06-23)
2,556 reads
Three Ways to Create a Temp Table
Taking it back to SQL 101 today because I recently saw something that floored me. I’m a big fan of temp tables. I use ‘em all over the place...
2020-06-23
10 reads
Speaking at SQL Saturday Albany
For the second consecutive year, I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Albany 2020 on July 25th, 2020. I will be presenting “Keys to a Healthy Relationship with SQL...
2020-06-16
9 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #127 - Non-SQL Tips & Tricks
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community blogger each month, and this month Kenneth Fisher (blog | twitter) asks us for non-SQL tips &...
2020-06-09
29 reads
Blogs
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
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The Empty Aggregate
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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