Exposing OData Endpoints using the ASP.Net MVC Web API
The new Web API that comes with ASP.Net MVC 4 has been getting a lot of posts on creating RESTful...
2012-04-28
108 reads
SSIS Data Flow Tuning
During my SSWUG webcast I was asked to give some examples on how to tune the DefaultBufferMaxRows and DefaultBufferSize, so here goes.
When a source is pulling in data, it...
2012-04-27
23 reads
SSIS Data Flow Tuning
During my SSWUG webcast I was asked to give some examples on how to tune
the DefaultBufferMaxRows and DefaultBufferSize, so here goes.
When a source is pulling in data, it places them into...
2012-04-27
236 reads
SSIS Data Flow Tuning
During my SSWUG webcast I was asked to give some examples on how to tune the DefaultBufferMaxRows and DefaultBufferSize, so...
2012-04-27
2,833 reads
SQL Saturday Houston #107 Recap
I enjoyed a long weekend in Houston starting with Kalen Delaney’s Pre-con on Query Tuning. I have learned over the...
2012-04-27
1,657 reads
Cool Data Visualization
I attended a course from Edward Tufte a few years ago on Data Visualization, and while I learned some neat...
2012-04-27
2,026 reads
Appending New Rows Only
I saw a question in the forums related to inserting new rows into a SQL Server table only if they...
2012-04-27
5,569 reads
Slacking Off: Totally TED
Lately I’ve taken to watching TED talks in the evening. They’re thought-provoking, usually entertaining, and, best of all when watching...
2012-04-27
959 reads
Big Apple SQL - SQLSaturday #158 NYC Announced!
Come this August 4th, 2012, the Big Apple will be baking, but not just because of the hot summer day...
2012-04-27
1,877 reads
SSWUG Expo..I'm up!
I am proud to say that one of the webcasts I taped last year for SSWUG is part of the...
2012-04-26
337 reads
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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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