PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 4
Recap
So far we’ve walked though how to turn on PowerShell and add modules, adding SQL Server 2008 snapins and using...
2011-01-18
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New Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 SP1 and SP2
Microsoft has released new cumulative updates for both SQL Server 2008 SP1 and SQL Server 2008 SP2. Remember, both of...
2011-01-18
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January OPASS Meeting
January’s OPASS meeting will be held this Thursday, January 20th at 6pm. We will be meeting at the Hampton Inn, 850 Village Oak Lane, Lake Mary. SQL Server...
2011-01-18
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Distincting an IN subquery
This is going to be a quick one…
I keep seeing forum code (and production code) that includes the DISTINCT in...
2011-01-18
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DBA 101: Why is my log file full?
This question comes up constantly in different venues. I see it sometimes 2-3 times a day on SQL Server Central....
2011-01-18
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PASS SQLRally Professional Development Vote Done and the Development Track Vote is open
Congratulations to the winners in the Professional Development Track Vote for PASS SQLRally. You can see the winners at http://www.sqlpass.org/sqlrally/2011/Agenda/Sessions/SessionsProfessionalDevelopment.aspx.
Now the...
2011-01-18
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January OPASS Meeting
January’s OPASS meeting will be held this Thursday, January 20th at 6pm. We will be meeting at the Hampton Inn,...
2011-01-18
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SQL Saturday #62
I had the honor of traveling to Tampa Florida this past weekend and presenting a session to a great group...
2011-01-18
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T-SQL Tuesday #014 Roundup
Wow…the inagural 2011 T-SQL Tuesday was so big, it lasted a week! A few quick observations, then on to the...
2011-01-18
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RTFM365, Week 6
Just a quick note this week….things are quite crazy right now, and I’m struggling to keep reading on my days...
2011-01-18
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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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