COMING SOON – New Content
Hey everyone. Long time no chat. I wanted to write this quick post to let you know why there haven’t been any videos in a while. If you are...
2020-07-16
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MAXDOP: not quite what you think
An important change to the MAXDOP documentation was made last week, with a good write up by Pedro Lopes (Twitter), a Program Manager on the SQL Server team at...
2020-07-15
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Daily Coping 15 Jul 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-07-15
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Power BI Monthly Digest – July 2020
In this month’s Power BI Digest Matt and I will again guide you through some of the latest and greatest Power BI updates this month.
2020-07-23 (first published: 2020-07-15)
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How to Spell and Capitalize tempdb for SQL Server
No matter what I write in this post, some of y'all are going to tell me I'm wrong. That's inevitable, because I'm writing about tempdb: a database so complex...
2020-07-24 (first published: 2020-07-15)
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Setting up a New SQL Change Automation Project
It’s been awhile since I’ve set up a new project in Redgate’s SQL Change Automation project. I’ve mostly used this in Visual Studio, but I need to demo something...
2020-07-23 (first published: 2020-07-15)
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3D Printing Ear Savers Update July 14th 2020
I’ve now been printing surgical mask straps aka “Ear Savers” since April 5th. It has been a wild journey getting started and obtaining all the supplies needed such as...
2020-07-14
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3D Printing Ear Savers Update July 14th 2020
I’ve now been printing surgical mask straps aka “Ear Savers” since April 5th. It has been a wild journey getting started and obtaining all the supplies needed such as...
2020-07-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #128: Learn From Others
Introduction This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Kerry Tyler. The subject is a recent mistake that was made and what was required to fix it. These don’t have to be SQL...
2020-07-14
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Ethics in Modern Data at the Houston SQL Server and BI User Groups, July 2020
On July 14, Christine and I presented at the Houston SQL Server and BI User Groups' virtual meeting. Our joint presentation is one of our favorites to present, Ethics in Modern Data.
Thanks...
2020-07-14
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
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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...
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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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