Missing Indexes in the Query Store
I’ve shown before how to use the DMVs that read the plan cache as a way to connect the missing...
2019-03-22 (first published: 2019-03-11)
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Data Warehouse Design and Power BI at SQL Saturday Tampa 2019
Hello, fellow data nerds! I wanted to make you aware of a fantastic event coming up this month in Tampa,...
2019-03-11
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One week blogging hiatus
I’m taking a brief break from daily blogging, even though it has been a ton of fun.
No excuses
I hope...
2019-03-11
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SQL Server Availability Group Failovers in Kubernetes
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2019-03-25 (first published: 2019-03-11)
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Last Week Reading (2019-03-10)
Databricks-Connect – FINALLY! Do write your code in VS Code and run it remotely on Azure Databricks cluster. Automatically validate E-mail...
2019-03-11
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2019-03-11
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Debugging Type Binding in PowerShell
Some effort I spent in researching Type Binding in Stack Overflow to help answer a question by Chris Oldwood helped me solidify my understanding of the best way to...
2019-03-11
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Communication in Azure: using Data Factory to send messages to Azure Service Bus
(2019-Mar-10) A conversation between two or more people involves continuous efforts to listen and reflect on what other people have to...
2019-03-25 (first published: 2019-03-10)
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Speaking
A place to collect abstracts & links to presentations I’ve given. Please be sure to check out my Sessionize profile as well.
Backup Basics with PowerShell and dbatools Abstract As...
2019-03-09
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SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services: The Basics Part 5
We’re now on Part 5 of our SQL Server Reporting Services Basics Series. In this installment, we’ll learn how to...
2019-03-21 (first published: 2019-03-09)
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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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