DB Benchmarking
As database professionals, we have a need to benchmark performance of the database, processes, and essentially overall performance. When benchmarking, it is preferable to get a baseline and then...
2011-03-14
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DB Benchmarking
As database professionals, we have a need to benchmark performance of the database, processes, and essentially overall performance. When benchmarking,...
2011-03-14
1,107 reads
ANSI Connection Settings
It’s reasonably well known that you can get different execution plans if you change the ANSI connection settings. But the...
2011-03-14
1,723 reads
More Changes for the Dimension Merge SCD?
A while back, I ran a contest to find a new name for the SCD component hosted on CodePlex. The results were the best "lemons into lemonade" situation I could...
2011-03-14
15 reads
More Changes for the Dimension Merge SCD?
A while back, I ran a contest to find a new name for the SCD component hosted on CodePlex. The results were the best "lemons into lemonade" situation I could...
2011-03-14
23 reads
Stored Procedure Definitions and Permissions
I wrote a post a while back that showed how you can grant execute permission ‘carte blanche’ for a database...
2011-03-14
2,793 reads
SQLPeople: An Interview With Andy Leonard
The thing that I most enjoy about going to conferences, SQLSaturdays, and user group meetings is the people I get to meet or see there. That’s why I was intrigued...
2011-03-14
19 reads
SQLPeople: An Interview With Andy Leonard
The thing that I most enjoy about going to conferences, SQLSaturdays, and user group meetings is the people I get...
2011-03-14
1,692 reads
SSRS: Shared DataSet, Not So Shared!!!
I was really excited about the concept of Shared DataSets when they were introduced. My excitement diminished a little when...
2011-03-14
5,732 reads
Happy Pi Day
Here’s wishing you a Happy Pi Day…
Pi in Pie Pan
If my picture isn’t good enough, here’s a better representation of...
2011-03-14
513 reads
Blogs
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...
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
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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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