SQL Server: List Explicit Permission on Database for Login and Database Role
As part of security audit of login's, we have discussed earlier about the orphan users , listing server level and database level role...
2012-08-07
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Colorado SQL - August 2012
This month Kevin Kline will be presenting "End to End Troubleshooting" at the Boulder, Colorado Springs, and Denver SQL Meetings
Summary:...
2012-08-07
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (August 2012)
Here is the August 2012 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2012-08-07
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PASS Update #2 - February 2012 Recap
During the January board meeting we were told that attendance at the 2011 Summit exceeded expectations and as a result...
2012-08-07
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PASS Update #1 - January 2012 Recap
When I ran for the PASS Board of Directors last year I committed to providing a monthly update on PASS...
2012-08-07
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View Flat File Contents Using PowerShell
We have all been there; you need to take a look at the data inside a file. Sure you can...
2012-08-07
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Book Review: On Writing A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
I just finished this book. Literally. Sitting on an airplane in route from Orlando to Charlotte NC. I got up...
2012-08-07
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Can I still buy per socket licenses for installing SQL2008 R2 ?
Many times I have seen this question coming from users - Can I still buy per socket licenses for installing SQL2008...
2012-08-07
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SQL Server: How Recursive Common Table Expression (CTE) Works ?
Last Friday evening, I forced to look into a procedure which is using Recursive Common Table (CTE) . The procedure was...
2012-08-06
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Time Flies When You're Having Fun (Déjà Vu Edition)
Writing - be it a technical language like T-SQL, C#, PowerShell, etc. or blogging - is like exercise. When you do it...
2012-08-06
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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...
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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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