Im in Houston Today (and this weekend too)
I’ll be spending the day with the 2011 Idera ACE’s (aka the old aces) and the 2012 Idera ACES (the...
2012-04-20
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SQL Script Toolbox for Developers
I work with a motley crowd of developers and have the opportunity to give lunch and learn training sessions on...
2012-04-20
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SQL Server: Measuring The Index Fragmentation
In my previous post , I have explained about the different types of fragmentation and how it will affect the query performance....
2012-04-20
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CONCAT in SQL 2012
SQL Server 2012 introduces a brand new string function called CONCAT(). CONCAT() string function allows you to concatenate up to 255 string or variable values in to one single...
2012-04-20
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Spend two hours with me at #sqlsat107.
In just two days SQL Saturday 107 will be in full swing. Tomorrow begins their precon with the infamous Kalen...
2012-04-19
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CONCAT in SQL 2012
SQL Server 2012 introduces a brand new string function called CONCAT(). CONCAT() string function allows you to concatenate up to...
2012-04-19
464 reads
script system object in resource database
When I troulbshooting the logshipping problem, I found many logshipping store procedure can not be found in the master or...
2012-04-19
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Using sys.dm_exec_requests to find a blocking chain and much more
As with every good DBA's toolbox, my blocking list query using sys.dm_exec_requests is evolving.
I've added the following features:
The query execution...
2012-04-19
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Great User Group Meeting Tuesday, Now on to Madison and SQL Saturday #118
Minnesota SQL Server User Group Meeting Review (4/17/12) First of all, I have to thank the awesome speakers who presented...
2012-04-19
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Becoming the dumbest guy in the group
“Why I joined Linchpin People as a Teammate”
It was announced publicly this past weekend at SQL Saturday #111 that I...
2012-04-19
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Blogs
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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