Create Database Script
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2012-09-21
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Join Our Networking Dinner in Seattle
This is the third year that Andy Warren and myself are hosting a networking dinner in Seattle, just before the...
2012-09-20
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Parsing Windows event logs with PowerShell
Lately I’ve been toying with the idea of using PowerShell to parse the Windows event logs and possibly adding that...
2012-09-20
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tablediff Utility
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2012-09-20
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24 Hours of PASS Fall 2012
Do you like training? Do you like FREE training? Then make sure you check out the 24 Hours of PASS...
2012-09-20
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SQL Server 2012 Upgrade
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2012-09-20
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Creating a User Defined Table Type
I saw a post about a user defined table type in SQL Server and I was sure it was a...
2012-09-19
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Master Data Services: Expand the Leaf member attributes box
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2012-09-19
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Upcoming speaking engagements
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2012-09-19
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What I Expect From 24 Hours Of Pass
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2012-09-19
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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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