Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I saw a post recently where someone needed...
2019-04-30 (first published: 2019-04-17)
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Suppose you want to or need to know anytime your SQL Server is experiencing blocking where queries are being blocked and it may or may not escalate to a...
2019-04-30 (first published: 2019-04-17)
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I am very proud to announce that I have been selected to present an exciting preconference training session at this year’s SQL Saturday Atlanta on May 17th, 2019, called...
2019-04-17
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Tables, stored procedures, views, logins, constraints, etc, etc. It’s all just data. In every database system I’ve ever worked on ... Continue reading
2019-04-29 (first published: 2019-04-17)
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Another quick post of simple changes you can make to your code to create more optimal execution plans. This one is on implicit conversions. An implicit conversion is when...
2019-04-29 (first published: 2019-04-17)
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There are many options available for improving the performance of a query: indexes, statistics, configuration settings, etc… However, not all environments allow you to use those features (eg. vendor...
2019-04-25 (first published: 2019-04-16)
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There are many options available for improving the performance of a query: indexes, statistics, configuration settings, etc...
However, not all environments allow you to use...
2019-04-16
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Watch this week's video on YouTube
There are many options available for improving the performance of a query: indexes, statistics, configuration settings, etc...
However, not all environments allow you to use...
2019-04-16
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Got this email from a client in the southern US asking how to up their game in SQL Server, frustrated by a lack of hands-on opportunities to administer SQL...
2019-04-15
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The OUTER JOIN returns one complete set of data and then the matching values from the other set. The syntax is basically the same as INNER JOIN but you...
2019-04-25 (first published: 2019-04-15)
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By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
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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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