Live Blogging PASS Summit
This year I was fortunate enough to get the invite to join the live bloggers table for both keynotes going...
2015-10-28
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Live Blogging PASS Summit
This year I was fortunate enough to get the invite to join the live bloggers table for both keynotes going...
2015-10-28
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No Live Blogging
The PASS Summit opens today with the first keynote. This is one of the few times that I’ve declined the...
2015-10-28
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No Live Blogging
The PASS Summit opens today with the first keynote. This is one of the few times that I’ve declined the...
2015-10-28
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Azure SQL Database
What hasn't received any TLC is Extended Events from the Azure SQL Database perspective. You may be wondering why it matters since I just said that Extended Events is...
2015-10-28
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Azure SQL Database
So far I have strictly focused on Extended Events for SQL Server installations. This means I have been looking at Extended...
2015-10-28
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Who’s on call
Of all the posts I’ve written I think this one is my favorite, even though it’s not a technical post....
2015-10-28
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PASS 2015 Session Report – Optimize “All Data” with a Modern Data Warehouse Solution
PASS 2015 has kicked off in Seattle, well the precon’s have anyway on Mon & Tue. The actual conference starts on Wed-Fri! I attended a precon session today called Optimize...
2015-10-28
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PASS 2015 Session Report – Optimize “All Data” with a Modern Data Warehouse Solution
PASS 2015 has kicked off in Seattle, well the precon’s have anyway on Mon & Tue. The actual conference starts on...
2015-10-28
489 reads
2015-10-27
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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...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
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The Hidden Security Risks of Role Combination in SSAS Tabular
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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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