Keep an eye on those Audit files!
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday (#71) is hosted by Sebastian Meine (b/t). He has picked an interesting security subject. SQL Server...
2015-10-13
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SQL server Encryption – Transparent Data Encryption
In the previous blogs we saw the use of certificates to encapsulate symmetric keys. How it benefits the user by...
2015-10-13
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A tSQLt Mistake – Debugging a Test
While I was working on a test the other day, it kept failing. Not a big surprise, but I couldn’t...
2015-10-12
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A tSQLt Mistake – Debugging a Test
While I was working on a test the other day, it kept failing. Not a big surprise, but I couldn’t...
2015-10-12
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Attending PASS Summit? Take a great Tuesday precon!
We’re just two weeks away from the PASS Summit in Seattle, and there is most definitely still time to get...
2015-10-12
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Argenis Without Borders: Fun For a Good Cause
This is the second year of Argenis Without Borders and the second year that I’m taking part. Last year we...
2015-10-12
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Thank You for Attending my #SQLSatOrlando Session! Slides, Resources, Recording
SQL Saturday #442 in Orlando, FL has come and gone but what a turn out! The event was excellent, we...
2015-10-12
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Simplified Session Backups
I have demonstrated how to backup a deployed session to a script previously. In this article I demonstrate how to create Simplified Session Backups.
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2015-10-12
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Simplified Session Backups
PowerShell exposes scads of information and provides the professional with a formidable tool for the tool-belt. Over the past several...
2015-10-12
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How to create a database on a network share
If for any reason you need to place the database on a network share and by default this option is off you can follow the way described below: A...
2015-10-12
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Blogs
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...
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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