Creating my own Map Shapefiles for Power BI
(2019-Jan-06) In the past, I used to always rely on shapefiles crafted by others to create my map visualizations in...
2019-01-15 (first published: 2019-01-06)
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When does it make sense to hire a data science consulting company?
Going into 2019, data science and machine learning is all the hype. Organizations in every industry are starting to realize...
2019-01-06
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Last Week Reading (2019-01-06)
Good morning chaps! Bunch of news from data’s world freshly served. Press Introduction to Testing Your PowerShell Code with Pester...
2019-01-06
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Hello Cristian,
Hello Cristian,
Thank you for sharing the link and your contribution. The idea behind the article is to be able to upload any file while the server is been provisioned....
2019-01-06
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Short Circuiting Your Session
It isn't very often that one would consider a short circuit to be a desired outcome. In SQL Server we have a cool exception to that rule - Extended...
2019-01-05
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Short Circuiting Your Session
It isn’t very often that one would consider a short circuit to be a desired outcome. In SQL Server we...
2019-01-16 (first published: 2019-01-05)
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One tip for presenting: have a conversation
I like public speaking, but I haven’t always liked it. It started when I read Dale Carnegie’s book on public...
2019-01-05
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Year in Review 2018 – The Year of Making a Difference – Up to 50
Rough Year, But 50 Kids, Can’t Beat That!
Last year was a pretty rough year personally. I totaled two cars, not...
2019-01-04
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Speaking at DataGrillen
After speaking at SQL Saturday Iceland last year, which is a smaller event that I absolutely loved (you can read about that adventure here), I decided I wanted to...
2019-01-04
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Speaking at DataGrillen
After speaking at SQL Saturday Iceland last year, which is a smaller event that I absolutely loved (you can read...
2019-01-04
160 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 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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