Get the Total Item Size for an Exchange database
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2016-03-06
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SQL Server ports
When you configure a SQL Server instance on a server, you have to consider the following ports:SQLServer default instance port...
2016-03-05
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Columnstore Indexes – part 78 (“Temporary Objects”)
Continuation from the previous 77 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
I have decided to spend some time...
2016-03-05
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SQL Server ports
When you configure a SQL Server instance on a server, you have to consider the following ports: SQL Server default instance port – 1433 Dedicated Admin Connection and SQL...
2016-03-05
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SQL Server ports
When you configure a SQL Server instance on a server, you have to consider the following ports: SQL Server default instance port – 1433 Dedicated Admin Connection and SQL...
2016-03-05
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SQL Server ports
When you configure a SQL Server instance on a server, you have to consider the following ports:
SQL Server default instance...
2016-03-05
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PowerShell–Don’t Use Write-Host
I’ve written a few scripts and programs lately, mostly just for fun. In those scripts, I’ve used Write-Host to return...
2016-03-04
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Excel Tip #30: Excel Services Visual Limitations – Displaying Images
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2016-03-14 (first published: 2016-03-04)
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Speaker of the Month: March 2016
I’m finally getting back out to community events so I should be able to avoid giving this gigantic honor to professional...
2016-03-04
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Backing up to URL container name – case is important
If you use SQL Backup to URL to backup your databases to Azure blob storage remember that for the container name...
2016-03-11 (first published: 2016-03-03)
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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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