Open Letter to PASS
As you know, I spoke to 12 Chapter Leaders and 4 Regional Mentors yesterday. All are very upset with PASS right now and feel slighted, which as a volunteer...
2020-07-03 (first published: 2020-06-19)
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Daily Coping 19 Jun 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...
2020-06-19
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Restoring a SQL Server Database in Docker
Last month I blogged about using Docker to run SQL Server as a quick and easy way to get SQL Server up and running. While it continues to be...
2020-06-19
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Restoring a SQL Server Database in Docker
Last month I blogged about using Docker to run SQL Server as a quick and easy way to get SQL Server up and running. While it continues to be...
2020-07-01 (first published: 2020-06-19)
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Social: Growing Up with the Dukes of Hazzard
I grew up in the South. The capital of the Confederacy was a short drive from my house. We studied the Civil War. I watched the Dukes on TV,...
2020-06-19
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Podcast recording with Dallas DBAs
I’m thrilled to have recently recorded a podcast with Kevin3NF of Dallas DBAs called Data Bits. I had an absolute blast with it, and we laughed for over an...
2020-06-18
19 reads
Daily Coping 18 Jun 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...
2020-06-18
22 reads
Combining DMVs, Query Store and Extended Events Is Challenging
I was recently asked a question on a forum by a person who was frustrated with all the tool choices we have for measuring performance. Moreover, they were frustrated...
2020-06-18
17 reads
Adding people’s names to a blog post can be rather tedious.
I blog a fair amount and do you want to know what the most annoying part of the process is? ... Continue reading
2020-06-18
31 reads
My Experience Switching To A Macbook Pro From Windows
My background
My background has been very strongly focused on the .NET world, with a focused start on SQL Server, later branching into learning PowerShell.
This world was heavily focused on...
2020-06-18
24 reads
Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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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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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