Fun-time Friday - Data outages, Security Breaches and Brexit
It’s been an interesting week here at gethynellis.com. We have been busy with a SQL Server version upgrade for a...
2018-12-28 (first published: 2018-12-07)
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PASS, Meetup, and Sponsors
I’ve always been in favor of trying to use the PASS tools and web site as much as possible, but...
2018-12-07
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ASF 017 video invitation
What wasn’t really designed for people of guest’s stature? From who his every good decision does come from? New podcast...
2018-12-07
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Notes from the December 2018 SQLOrlando Meetup
Notes:
19 attendees out of 44 registeredSQLGrease sponsoredSolid hour of networking before the meeting started, managed to get everyone talking to...
2018-12-06
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Advent of Code 2018 – Day 3 (Slicing)
A T-SQL approach to solving the 2018 “Advent of Code” programming challenge. This solution includes a physical tally table.
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2018-12-06
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Advent of Code 2018 – Day 3 (Slicing)
Advent of Code 2018 – Day 3
As I explained in a recent post, I’m participating in this year’s Advent of Code...
2018-12-06
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Capture the Flag – The Trace Flag
Despite the controls in place there always seems to be some change that is unknown or even some cowboy that makes changes as s/he sees fit and forgets to...
2018-12-06
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Capture the Flag – The Trace Flag
Many people work in a tightly controlled environment. Every change requires a change control form and approval to make a...
2018-12-25 (first published: 2018-12-06)
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #782 Slovenia
In coming weekend I will be speaking at SQL Saturday in Ljubljana, Slovenia. I’m extra happy because I do it...
2018-12-06
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Pens
On Monday I wrote about journaling and while any pen will do, I think having a pen dedicated (as it...
2018-12-06
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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...
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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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