Send me your pictures
If you got some with me at SQL in the City last week I London, or anytime in the last...
2012-07-19
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Excel 2013 Power View set up
In this blog post I will share steps I have taken to set up PowerView using Excel 2013. Hopefully tomorrow...
2012-07-19
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Excel 2013 enable PowerPivot addin
In this blog post we cover instructions on how to enable PowerPivot in Excel 2013 (you can follow them in...
2012-07-19
1,166 reads
Stacia Misner and Kevin Kline Doing All Day Sessions for SQLSaturday #151
If there is anything better than a SQLSaturday it’s a SQLSaturday with a choice of great pre-con speakers. This year...
2012-07-19
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Excel 2013 download and install
Office 2013 Preview is not avialable. I'm particularly interested in Excel 2013 and new self-server BI features so I decided...
2012-07-19
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Notes from the July 2012 MagicPASS Meeting
Quick notes from the MagicPASS meeting:
Kendal Van Dyke still the king when it comes to explaining what’s going on with...
2012-07-19
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups – Part 2
It's already a long time since I have blogged how
to configure your Windows- and SQL Servers for SQL Server 2012...
2012-07-23 (first published: 2012-07-19)
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Backups in SQL Server Analysis Services
Analysis Services databases should be backed up at regular intervals like any other database. Here are the basics.
Using the GUI:...
2012-07-24 (first published: 2012-07-19)
2,770 reads
Using Cell-Level Encryption in SQL Server
Industry guidance such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and...
2012-07-19
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The Mentoring Experiment–New Call for Mentees
With both Steve Jones and I done with our summer break, we’re ready to continue with several experiments we’ve been...
2012-07-23 (first published: 2012-07-19)
2,572 reads
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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