Tab Groups (Day 3)
Have you ever wanted to have two different queries open up at the same time where you could see them,...
2018-01-03
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
Split Screens (Day 2)
Have you ever wanted to see different parts of the same query window at the same time? Well, in SSMS,...
2018-01-15 (first published: 2018-01-02)
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SSMS Solutions (Day 1)
Since SSMS is built upon Visual Studio, many of the features available to Visual Studio are also available to SSMS....
2018-01-08 (first published: 2018-01-01)
3,244 reads
A month of SSMS tips and tricks
Wayne’s Tips and Tricks for SSMS
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS ) is a program that many just launch daily (or only...
2018-01-01
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The case of the missing database backup file
Exploring the wonderful case of a missing database backup.
I was working on a client’s site today, setting up database backup...
2017-12-27
567 reads
New Features in SSMS 17.3
SSMS 17.3
SSMS 17.3 was just released (download link), and it has a couple of new features worthy of mention:
Import Flat...
2017-10-20 (first published: 2017-10-11)
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Stop waiting for SQL Server Service Pack 1 before upgrading!
It’s not stable until Service Pack 1…
Are you at a company that doesn’t install a new version of SQL Server...
2017-09-29
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Seattle Freecon 2017
Announcing Seattle Freecon 2017
Are you going to the PASS Summit this year? (and if not… why not?)
Are you coming in...
2017-09-28
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Working with the registry in SQL Server – adding trace flags to startup parameters
In a recent post, I introduced you to how to work with the registry directly from within SQL Server. Continuing...
2017-09-04
764 reads
Working with the registry from within SQL Server
There is a lot of information within the Windows registry. Sometimes, it would sure be nice to work with the...
2017-08-30 (first published: 2017-08-16)
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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!
By way of background, a while back I did video called “My New Favourite...
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
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