Service Broker Sample: Multi-Threading
Introduction
Service Broker is a cool new feature since SQL Server 2005. Yes, SQL 2012 just came out so it’s hardly...
2012-05-07
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Which SELECT * Is Better?
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2012-05-11 (first published: 2012-05-07)
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Denali — Day 7: Contained Database
Denali – Day 7 : Contained Database
Contained database is another new feature for sql server 2012 – Denali, earlier version has a big...
2012-05-07
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Moving from Droid X to Droid Razr Maxx
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2012-05-07
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My Evolving Goals for Attending Conferences
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2012-05-07
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SQLSaturday #158 NYC Event Update! - Spread the word...
It's about three months to to SQLSaturday #158 in NYC, and we're hard at work nailing down all the little...
2012-05-07
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Service Broker Sample: Multi-Threading
Introduction
Service Broker is a cool new feature since SQL Server 2005. Yes, SQL 2012 just came out so it’s hardly...
2012-05-07
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DQS Validation Rules on Composite Domains
In Data Quality Services, composite domains can be created to associate together two or more natural domains within a knowledge...
2012-05-07
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DQS Validation Rules on Composite Domains
In Data Quality Services, composite domains can be created to associate together two or more natural domains within a knowledge...
2012-05-07
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Installing SSAS 2012
I don’t usually write posts like this but there have been a few substantial changes to how SSAS 2012 is...
2012-05-07
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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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