Re-Blog – April 8-14
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-04-15
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Powershell Day 15
Day 15 Introduction to Powershell for MS Sql Server So far we have discussed several features and information about Windows...
2011-04-15
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A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 14
Since 2006, Intel has adopted a Tick-Tock strategy for developing and releasing new processor models. Every two years, they introduce...
2011-04-14
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Performance Tuning: Start to Finish
The very first ever SQL Rally is taking place in a little less than four weeks in Orlando Florida. It’s...
2011-04-14
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Get all SERVERPROPERTY values for SQL Server
A quick script to grab all the SERVERPROPERTY() values from a SQL instance in a table. Useful when you forget...
2011-04-14
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Be the Master of your Data Warehouse Universe at SQLRally!
Do you have a data warehouse initiative in your current organization and looking for a way to learn how to...
2011-04-14
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Re-Blogging Posts
Over the last couple months, I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with some of my old posts. ...
2011-04-14
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Confessions of a DBA – Part 3
After reading this confession, I am sure almost every DBA is going feel a churn in their stomach. They are...
2011-04-14
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Optimising SQL Server for Sharepoint 2010
I attended the SharePoint Best Practices Conference this week in London. As a complete newbie, this event was superb - a...
2011-04-14
1,885 reads
Powershell Day 14
Day 14 Tools and more info As Powershell is a global language and its open to explore. So many great...
2011-04-14
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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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