Hostettler & the Bottleneckers
A bit of fun !
A long long time ago before the dawn of 2010, somewhere to the South of the...
2011-04-08
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Find Table Heaps Using Policy-Based Management
This is just a quick post in regards to a conversation I just had via Twitter. If you don’t already...
2011-04-08
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A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 8
For Day 8 of my SQL Server hardware series, I want to give my current recommended Intel Processor List for...
2011-04-08
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For Your Friday Enrichment: Get Alifeatoll
I have made something for your pleasure and entertainment, and placed it on the MidnightDBA YouTube Channel. Please to enjoy...
2011-04-08
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Notes for Moving BizTalk’s Databases
Yesterday, I was tasked with helping a team move their BizTalk databases to another server. These are my notes for...
2011-04-08
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Confessions of a DBA - Part 1
Couple of year's back I brought the SQL Server down to its pathetic knees by using a HINT. Yes, with...
2011-04-08
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SQL Server, Storage and You
Just a note that I will start my three part webcast, SQL Server, Storage and You next week April 13th...
2011-04-08
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Powershell Day 8
Day 8 Event Viewver Event log is a very important trace and diagnose the activity on the system. Using Event...
2011-04-08
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An Appeal to Those Writing Training Documentation and Labs
I'm coming to the end of a week of training in a Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) Course. I should expect...
2011-04-08
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Upcoming Events
If live in Central/South Florida or are planning a trip, we’ve got several IT community events worth checking out…
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SQLRally in...
2011-04-08
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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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