Getting Random Results Posted on SSC
I previously blogged about using newid() to get random ordering and after chatting with Steve about it, decided to write...
2007-08-30
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The Blogging Debate
It's an interesting debate on blogging in response to my editorial. I definitely thing blogging is worth a try. You...
2007-08-28
1,493 reads
SQLSaturday Schedule Announced
Our one day free SQL Server event is slowly gaining momentum! Draft schedule is at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/schedule.aspx. 30 sessions total and...
2007-08-27
1,584 reads
Comments on the 2007 Jacksonville Code Camp
I attended for the morning and Brian attended in the afternoon and did a session as well. It was interesting...
2007-08-27
1,335 reads
Getting Close
Actually we had a long meeting with the developers this morning and PMs over a remote desktop session and I...
2007-08-24
1,393 reads
Do You See What I See?
Working with developers is always very interesting, especially when you are a client. I'm sure that I'm not the best...
2007-08-21
1,419 reads
SQLSaturday Update
We went for a site visit Tues and I think it will really work out well for us. Good parking,...
2007-08-17
1,405 reads
Replication Book Review/Intereview Posted on SSC
Book reviews aren't easy and it's always hard to tell if you're telling the reader anything they can't learn from...
2007-08-17
1,361 reads
The Beta Cycle
I live in Denver. That's in the Mountain time zone, either MDT or MST depending on the time of year,...
2007-08-14
1,436 reads
The Performance Game
I've posted in the forums fairly often that there's kind of a black art to performance tuning. As with most...
2007-08-14
1,459 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
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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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