Database Doing DevOps
DevOps. It’s one of the latest buzz words in many technical communities. Database Doing DevOps This phrase, however, is NOT...
2018-03-30
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Community
Community.
In the SQL Server community, we are basically one big #sqlfamily. This is a story of how the family helped...
2018-03-23
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SSMS Output Window
In my experience, there have been occasions where SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) becomes unresponsive for a length of time....
2018-03-16
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Using SWITCH On A Single Partition
Several months ago, I was looking at a question posted on ask.sqlservercentral.com. I discovered an answer to a question regarding...
2018-03-12 (first published: 2018-03-02)
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Using SWITCH On A Single Partition
Several months ago, I was looking at a question posted on ask.sqlservercentral.com. I discovered an answer to a question regarding...
2018-03-02
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Finding Composite Primary Key Columns
You never know when the idea for a script will make an appearance.
I had to work with composite primary keys...
2018-03-08 (first published: 2018-02-23)
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Backup & Restore Script with a Move
Ok, I’ll admit it. I like scripts that are handy and do things. Especially if the scripts make my life...
2018-03-01 (first published: 2018-02-16)
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4 Rules of Right When Running a Query
Last month in January, I participated in the Idera #sqlchat. This is a monthly chat meeting that is organized by...
2018-02-21 (first published: 2018-02-09)
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4 Rules of Right When Running a Query
Last month in January, I participated in the Idera #sqlchat. This is a monthly chat meeting that is organized by...
2018-02-09
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Trello – Integrations
In December I wrote about working from home in which I talked about Trello. Trello is a virtual kanban board...
2018-02-02
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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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