Show correct totals when using SSAS role security
When using role security in SSAS, one point of confusion is when a person sees the grand total for a...
2011-05-23
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Pliant Technology, Enterprise Flash Drives For Your SQL Server: Part 1
Pliant Technology, New Kid On The Block
If you have been reading my storage series, and in particular my section on...
2011-05-23
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Doing Good Isn’t Easy Some Days
A few weeks back I was on a short trip with my family and as some trips go, it had...
2011-05-23
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SQL Azure Query Tuning
SQL Azure is still SQL Server at the end of the day. This means it is entirely possible to write...
2011-05-23
1,394 reads
Let’s Get Visual – The Art of Report Design
Paul Turley
Mentor, SolidQ
This article is based on my session at TechEd on May 18th, 2011
Report styles vary depending on the...
2011-05-23
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SQL Joins and Subqueries
A discussion about SQL joins and subqueries with information about how to format join statements properly.
In any non-trivial task, developers...
2011-05-22
1,117 reads
Find your Enabled SQL Server Network Protocols Using PowerShell
Another quick check I like to do when in 'discovery mode' on a client system is to see what network...
2011-05-21
2,154 reads
SQL Rally 2011 Recap
As I write this, I’m somewhere in the air over Florida, headed back home to Dallas from participating in the...
2011-05-21
1,118 reads
Forum Fun: Running Calculation SQL
A discussion about a forum post for handling a running subtraction in a SQL query.
For my first forum fun post,...
2011-05-21
678 reads
MCITP 1 Down 3 To Go
Yesterday I posted a quick blurb about my certification plans this year. Well, ok not full blown plans , but you get the gist. I announced that I would...
2011-05-20
14 reads
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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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