shell
Installing go-task
This tool is great for cross-platform shell scripting as it runs all the commands in the Taskfile.yml using a built in go shell library that supports bash syntax...
2020-10-30
41 reads
Sheldon Hull
go
Starter Template
I saved this as a snippet for vscode to get up and running quickly with something better than the defaults for handling func main isolation.
I’ve been working on...
2020-10-30
38 reads
Reflections on Being a New Gopher With A Dotnet Background
Disclaimer
Newbie Gopher.
Much of what I observe is likely to be half right.
I’ll probably look back at the end of the year and shake my head, but gotta start the...
2020-09-14 (first published: 2020-09-07)
285 reads
How to Iterate Through A List of Objects with Terraform's for_each function
What I want to do
# create file local.users.yml
user:
- name: foobar1
email: foobar1@foobar.com
- name: foobar2
email: foobar2@foobar.com
- name: foobar3
email: foobar3@foobar.com
locals {
users_file = "local.users.yml"
users_file_content =...
2020-08-10 (first published: 2020-07-29)
6,268 reads
Getting Started with Stream Analytics
Resources
Resources
If you want a schema reference for the json Application Insights produces // [Azure Application Insights Data Model // Microsoft Docs
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If you want to visualize last 90 days of...
2020-07-25
40 reads
Assume a role with AWS PowerShell Tools
Assume A Role
I’ve had some issues in the past working with AWS.Tools PowerShell SDK and correctly assuming credentials.
By default, most of the time it was easier to use a...
2020-07-30 (first published: 2020-07-22)
290 reads
Compiling a Custom Provider and Including for Terraform Cloud
Assumptions
You are familiar with the basics of setting up Go and can run basic Go commands like go build and go install and don’t need much guidance on that...
2020-07-14
393 reads
Azure Data Studio SQL Notebook for Diagnostic Queries
Diagnostic Queries
Glenn Berry has long been known for producing the definitive diagnostic query set for various SQL Server versions. Between his amazing work and my favorite Brent Ozar First...
2020-07-02 (first published: 2020-06-24)
585 reads
Azure Data Studio SQL Notebook for Diagnostic Queries
Diagnostic Queries
Glenn Berry has long been known for producing the definitive diagnostic query set for various SQL Server versions. Between his amazing work and my favorite Brent Ozar First...
2020-06-24
32 reads
My Experience Switching To A Macbook Pro From Windows
My background
My background has been very strongly focused on the .NET world, with a focused start on SQL Server, later branching into learning PowerShell.
This world was heavily focused on...
2020-06-18
24 reads
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Empty Aggregate
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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