S3OLV March 2011
The Ides of March are upon us and that means that we have another opportunity to learn some stuff about SQL Server. We have that opportunity because it is...
2011-03-02
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S3OLV March 2011
The Ides of March are upon us and that means that we have another opportunity to learn some stuff about...
2011-03-02
556 reads
How To: Automate Continuous SQLServer Activity with Stored Procedures and Powershell Jobs
The Goal
It’s often useful to be able to run a bunch of stored procedures in the background over a period...
2011-03-02
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TechFuse 2011 – This Month
If you’re looking for a day of training in the Twin Cities, then check out Benchmark Learning’s2011 TechFuse event. The...
2011-03-02
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Make a Goal! Map it Out! And Go For It!
I can’t tell you that all of your dreams will come true. I won’t tell you that you will make...
2011-03-02
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SSRS – Creating and Using Shared Schedules – Part 2
In my previous post, I discussed what shared schedules were and how you could use them. With that knowledge under...
2011-03-02
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SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 6 Released
Microsoft actually released SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Update 6 on February 21, 2011, so I am a little late...
2011-03-01
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Delimiting Results
Recently, I came across the need to delimit some data in order to be able to test some procedures that I was writing. The procedures need to be able...
2011-03-01
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Delimiting Results
Recently, I came across the need to delimit some data in order to be able to test some procedures that...
2011-03-01
614 reads
Attending 2011 MVP Summit in Bellevue/Redmond, WA – Great Face-time with Fellow Speakers/Writers/Bloggers
The raincoast weather could be a little better, but so far, I am very happy with the brain-filling load of...
2011-03-01
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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...
Forums
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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