Monday Morning SQL Break – February 22, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me...
2016-03-11
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Extraordinary #1
I’ve seen tables that are referenced by many other tables in MSSQL databases and that number was usually being around...
2016-03-10
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Different ways to find Data, log and DB Size
Different ways to get the size of the data , log files and Databases
Using CountersQuerying sysaltfiles & sys.databasesQuerying sys.master_files
SELECT instance_name AS DatabaseName,
[Data...
2016-03-10
1,113 reads
PASS Cloud Virtual Chapter – Call for Presenters
The cloud is calling to you. Or more specifically, Jody Roberts (b | @) and I (b | @) are looking to the community...
2016-03-10
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January MVP – Mike Fal
In case you missed it, back in November I blogged about the importance of nominating individuals within the SQL Server...
2016-03-10
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You don’t need to be a sysadmin
Hey, I need sysadmin access to ServerA.
Ok. Why do you need sysadmin?
Well I need to be able to read and...
2016-03-16 (first published: 2016-03-10)
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Availability Group DMVs Reporting Incorrect Values
In my opinion one of the key features of SQL Server 2016 is the rebuilt and optimized log redo mechanism for AlwaysOn Availability Groups. Check out the many new...
2016-03-10
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Availability Group DMVs Reporting Incorrect Values
In my opinion one of the key features of SQL Server 2016 is the rebuilt and optimized log redo mechanism...
2016-03-16 (first published: 2016-03-10)
1,820 reads
Too many Foreign Keys
I’ve seen tables that are referenced by many other tables in the databases and that number was usually around some couple of foreign keys and up to 20, 30 and similar....
2016-03-10
21 reads
Too many Foreign Keys
I’ve seen tables that are referenced by many other tables in the databases and that number was usually around some couple of foreign keys and up to 20, 30 and similar....
2016-03-10
7 reads
Blogs
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...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
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The Hidden Security Risks of Role Combination in SSAS Tabular
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Hidden Security Risks of...
The Empty Aggregate
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Empty Aggregate
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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