When was your last database backup?
Its pretty often that you have to sit down at a SQL Server and need sort out what the backup situation is. One of the first things that I...
2015-06-10
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When was your last database backup?
Its pretty often that you have to sit down at a SQL Server and need sort out what the backup...
2015-06-10
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Unexpected Windows 10
This was strange. I noticed a new icon in the taskbar today. When I hovered over it, I saw this:
I...
2015-06-10
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Monday Morning SQL Break – June 8, 2015
It’s time for this week’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week, it would be better timed if I...
2015-06-10
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A Short Hiatus - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 1 minutesGoing to get Digby access to a little more water to rest...
The post A Short Hiatus appeared...
2015-06-10
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NJ SQL UG Event: 13 Advanced SSAS Tips - Kevin S. Goff returns!
He's baack! If you missed the first presentation in March, due to inclement weather, and you are local, or in...
2015-06-10
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Extended Events, Birkenstocks and SQL Server
I bring you yet another installment in the monthly meme called T-SQL Tuesday. This is the 67th edition, and this time we have been given the opportunity to talk...
2015-06-10
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Extended Events, Birkenstocks and SQL Server
I bring you yet another installment in the monthly meme called T-SQL Tuesday. This is the 67th edition, and this...
2015-06-18 (first published: 2015-06-10)
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A reference implementation of a continuous integration pipeline for legacy SQL Server databases
What am I doing? Creating a publically available version of the adventureworks 2012 oltp database but by putting it under...
2015-06-10
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A reference implementation of a continuous integration pipeline for legacy SQL Server databases
What am I doing? Creating a publically available version of the adventureworks 2012 oltp database but by putting it under...
2015-06-10
51 reads
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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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