Yes, Foreign Keys Help Performance
I created this example several years ago that illustrates how foreign key constraints can help performance. It’s a contrived example....
2015-09-21 (first published: 2015-09-09)
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Custom Column in SQL Data Generator
One of the interesting things with Redgate’s SQL Data Generator (SDG) is that it allows the user of custom data...
2015-09-18 (first published: 2015-09-09)
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The Poor Man’s SQL Backup Encryption - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
Well, that was interesting While playing around with demos to use in my newer session, Hacking Exposé Too (See it...
2015-09-09
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PASS Summit 2015: Recommendations and Invitations (#sqlpass #Summit15)
The last week of October, we’ll be at the PASS Summit in Seattle, WA. As some of you already know – and as I...
2015-09-28 (first published: 2015-09-09)
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SQL Server 2014: parallel execution of SELECT INTO statements
In Microsoft SQL Server 2014 new in-memory options are presented. One of them is online transaction processing (OLTP) that complementing...
2015-09-18 (first published: 2015-09-09)
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Extended Events Categories
Packages have a couple of descriptors (or classifiers) that can be useful to help figure out what events contained within that package might be related to other events.
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2015-09-09
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Extended Events Categories
I recently delved into a brief explanation of Packages as they correlate to Extended Events. In that article, I left...
2015-09-09
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One Easy Strategy for the Database Enterprise
Working with the default XEvent session and trying to make it more suitable to Enterprise worthy.
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2015-09-09
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One Easy Strategy for the Database Enterprise
Welcome to the second Tuesday of the month. And in the database world of SQL Server and the SQL Server...
2015-09-09
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SQL Server Data Tools is now a separate installer – Things to know!
Recently I had to develop some SSRS report, and my desktop machine had SQL Server 2014 installed on it. I...
2015-09-08
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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...
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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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