Varied and Interesting Links
Here are some things I’ve run across in the past few weeks you may find interesting:
FailCon. Billed as a one-day...
2012-05-14
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Denali – Day 14: New DMV & DMF
Denali – Day 14: New DMV & DMF
As there has been so many DMV/DMF already introduced in earlier version of Sql server,...
2012-05-14
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We Need More Folks in Technology, Period.
I took my boys to a game design workshop on Saturday that was sponsored and put on by an organization...
2012-05-14
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The Effective Permissions Tool is Handy
An recurring issue with Integration Services packages that read or write to file systems is permissions issues. It's quite difficult...
2012-05-14
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Denali – Day 13: FileTable
Denali – Day 12: FileTable
“FileStream” is introduced in sql server 2008, for storing BLOB data like varbinary(max), it is integrated...
2012-05-13
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Chance to win a free seat in my SQL Server 2012 Deep Dive Days workshop in London!
As you might know, I'm
running my "SQL Server 2012 Deep Dive Days Workshop" from May 28
– 30 in Central London....
2012-05-13
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SQLRally 2012-Closing Thoughts
It was interesting to watch an event that started 17 months ago with Dallas, Nashville, and Denver submitting applications to...
2012-05-12
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SQLRally 2012-Friday
Started the day early, heading to the Convention Center to be at Starbucks at 6:45 for the networking event I...
2012-05-12
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Use Powershell script to verify backup files
Before restoring backup, we always verify the backup file first, and run the 3 command below:
1. RESTORE HEADERONLY
Returns a result...
2012-05-17 (first published: 2012-05-12)
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Slides & Samples for my SQLConnections sessions
As I have announced announced in my sessions at the SQLConnections conferences in
Berchtesgaden/Germany, you can find my session materials (slides...
2012-05-12
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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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