Install SQL Server 2012 Book online on local disk
After installing the SQL Server 2012 on my laptop, I found there is only online document available, no local book...
2012-04-01
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April Question: What’s your favorite DBA book, and why?
Over and over again, I get asked which DBA books I recommend. With this in mind, this month’s qustion is...
2012-04-01
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Slides & Samples for my DevWeek and SQLbits sessions
As I have announced in my DevWeek and SQLbits sessions, you can find my session materials
(slides & samples) here for download:...
2012-04-01
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Announcing SQLSaturday #175–In Flight Edition
One of the things I like about SQLSaturday is that it’s a place to try new ideas. This year on...
2012-04-01
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SQL 2012 has Launched
LAUNCH If you have been hiding under a rock, you have probably not heard that SQL 2012 has launched. With it, some really cool features are now available to...
2012-04-01
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SQL 2012 has Launched
LAUNCH
If you have been hiding under a rock, you have probably not heard that SQL 2012 has launched. With it,...
2012-04-01
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Monitor SQL Server Backup job duration
if you run BACKUP DATABASE T-SQL, there is a parameter STATS which reports the percentage complete, However when you run the...
2012-03-31
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Reflections on Leaving Microsoft
Reflections on Leaving Microsoft
Reflections of Microsoft By Jeff Sandquist (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffsand/)
Several members of my SQLFamily have made adjustments to their career...
2012-03-31
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Thank God I Chose SQL Server part I: The Tribulations of a DB2 Trial
My last column, Misadventures in TDE: How to Restore an Encrypted SQL Server Database Completely Wrong, described a comedy of...
2012-03-31
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Presenting at SQLSaturday #107 in Houston in April 2012
I was just looking at the schedule for Houston, an amazing 10 tracks for this event on April 21, 2012....
2012-03-31
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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...
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Let's Talk Certifications
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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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