Getting SQL Services, Starting, Stopping and Restarting them with dbatools
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Getting dbatools
dbatools enables you to administer SQL Server with PowerShell. To get...
2018-12-03
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Turbo Charged Staging\Caching Tables With In Memory OLTP
Since SQL 2012 some really awesome new technologies have been introduced into the engine that are massively underused. Everyone is...
2018-12-19 (first published: 2018-12-03)
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We Speak Linux – OpenSSH For Windows Pros
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at this months We Speak Linux Webinar. Each month We Speak Linux brings cross platform training to the Windows world....
2018-12-02
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We Speak Linux – OpenSSH For Windows Pros
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at this months We Speak Linux Webinar. Each month We Speak...
2018-12-02
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Failovers can’t serve two masters
As I’m sure you’re aware, the career path for a SQL Server DBA is a wonderful journey of growing your catalog of knowledge through unexpected lessons. For example: Did...
2018-12-02
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Failovers can’t serve two masters
As I’m sure you’re aware, the career path for a SQL Server DBA is a wonderful journey of growing your catalog of knowledge through unexpected lessons. For example: Did...
2018-12-02
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Last week reading (2018-12-02)
Hello folks, This is a quick roundup of Internet posts from last week. Have a good reading! Create and configure...
2018-12-02
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SQL Server Availability Group FailoverDetection Utility PowerShell Function Improvements – Named Instances, Archiving Data, Speed
In my last post I wrote about a new function for gathering the data and running the FailoverDetection utility by...
2018-12-19 (first published: 2018-12-01)
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My Book Contributions
One of the really super cool things about the SQL community is the frequent opportunity one could have to get involved.
One of my favorite methods of getting involved is...
2018-11-30
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My Book Contributions
It’s a Wonderful Life
One of the really super cool things about the SQL community is the frequent opportunity one could...
2018-11-30
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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...
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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