The Mystery of Missing Backup Files
Yoink – Backups Gone
Not only is this mystery of missing backup files worth discussing now, but has been a mystery worth...
2018-12-10
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How To Restore Database in SQL Server 2014 From .bak - Step By Step
Due to threats of data loss, human errors, scam attempts, hardware damage, or natural disasters, it is imperative for IT administrators to ensure the security of data. In order...
2018-12-10
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How To Restore Database in SQL Server 2014 From .bak - Step By Step
Due to threats of data loss, human errors, scam attempts, hardware damage, or natural disasters, it is imperative for IT...
2018-12-10
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Setup Ola Hallengren SQL server Maintenance script
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2018-12-10
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SQL Server Adventures In Reducing IO
In the interests of curiosity I’m going to take a query that runs a relatively simple aggregation over a large...
2018-12-10
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SQL Server on Docker
Started working on Docker and contains Install Docker on the system – please make a note that for windows 10 Home...
2018-12-08
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SQL Triggers – An Introduction
This article will give you the detailed knowledge about the SQL Triggers which can be very helpful in your work. It will gives information about triggers & its various...
2018-12-08
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SQL Triggers – An Introduction
This article will give you the detailed knowledge about the SQL Triggers which can be very helpful in your work....
2018-12-08
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Advent of Code 2018 – Day 6 (Chronal Coordinates)
Next, Advent of Code 2018 – Day 6 As I explained in a recent post, I’m participating in this year’s Advent of Code challenge, with the twist of doing...
2018-12-07
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Advent of Code 2018 – Day 6 (Chronal Coordinates)
Next, Advent of Code 2018 – Day 6
As I explained in a recent post, I’m participating in this year’s Advent of...
2018-12-07
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“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
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Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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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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