Cleaning up Old Maintenance Plans
This is something I trip over every now and then on systems we inherit from our clients, and I thought...
2012-03-12
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SQL Server 2012 RTM–Are you waiting for SP1?
As you probably know by now SQL Server 2012 was launched last week, Microsoft had an online launch event that...
2012-03-12
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Synchronizing subscriptions in SQL Server Express
I was recently asked about synchronizing a Merge pull subscription in SQL Server Express using RMO, the lack of a...
2012-03-13 (first published: 2012-03-12)
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Jedi Mind Tricks
Here’s a story from a recent meeting. We were discussing some problems and the team was talking through some options...
2012-03-12
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Factors that can delay Log Truncation – LOG BACKUP
When log records remain active for a long time – truncation can be delayed. The delays can cause the transaction logs...
2012-03-12
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March #Meme15 Assignment
This month, the #meme15 post will fall on March 15th, often referred to as the Ides of March. This date...
2012-03-11
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Last Execution Date Time of a Stored Procedure
On many forums I have found a very basic yet important query - “How can I know when was my Stored...
2012-03-11
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Frozen for the Special Olympics
Last weekend, I braved to last hurrah of our Minnesota winter and jumped into Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. It was...
2012-03-11
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Memory configuration in SQL server and break up of memory utilized by SQL server
In this post I would like to explain memory configuration option and memory utilization pattern in SQL server.I have seen...
2012-03-11
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2012-03-11
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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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