Presenting at SQL Saturday 119 Chicago!
First thing in the morning Saturday May 19th:
I will be presenting with my colleague from House of Brick David Klee...
2012-05-02
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One Week from SQLRally!
SQLRally is a week away (pre-cons start on Tuesday, conference starts on Thursday). I have the privilege of two sessions to...
2012-05-02
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SQL Server Indexed Views Explained
Indexed views are a really powerful and possibly underused feature of SQL Server. It’s basically a way of writing a...
2012-05-02
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Eight Words
I remember a lot of things about that day. It was July in Texas, which is to say, it was...
2012-05-03 (first published: 2012-05-02)
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Checking Your Main BIOS Version
As some of you may know, I spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps back during the Reagan administration....
2012-05-01
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Notes from SQLSaturday #107 in Houston
I’ve deliberately waited a bit to write this after the event, just to see what stood out after a week...
2012-05-01
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Favorite DBA Books
In the April 2012 Question of the Month, I asked readers to tell me their favorite DBA books. I have...
2012-05-08 (first published: 2012-05-01)
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The 2012 Powershell Scripting Game(shows) in review
Over the past few weeks, those around me know that I’ve been talking a lot about Powershell, how much it...
2012-05-01
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May Question: How soon will you begin implementing SQL Server 2012?
Now that SQL Server 2012 has been released, this month’s question is “How soon will you begin implementing SQL Server...
2012-05-01
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When Will You Upgrade to SQL Server 2012?
This is a reprint from my editorial in Database Weekly. Also, check out the May Question of the Month, as...
2012-05-01
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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...
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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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