September CTP Issues
The September CTP of SQL Server 2005
is not available and I'm sure lots of people have downloaded it. I
actually grabbed...
2005-09-23
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New Server
Surprisingly the DELL server showed up late Friday afternoon last week
when I was expecting more of a Wed-Thur delivery this...
2005-09-20
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Thinking about PASS
With PASS just a little over a week away, I realized that I had better fine-tune my presentation and practice...
2005-09-18
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Whoops
I setup an announcement for today (Sept 14) that the Sept CTP for SQL
Server 2005 was released and that Database...
2005-09-14
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PDC
Bill Gates keynote is on webcast now, grab it and check it out.
Also a hint. Paul Flessner is speaking tomorrow...
2005-09-13
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Let database work for your daily life
I know there are many off-shelf stuff, like MS Money, that can help you organize your personal financial things, but...
2005-09-11
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about xp_sendmail
I got a very interesting issue, I may guess the reason but not sure why it is this way.
Symptom: Logon to...
2005-09-09
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Careful Blogging
I still not sure that this blog service was a great idea, but some of
you seem to like it, so...
2005-09-08
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one issue about SQL 2000 BOL
This is my first post, congrats to myself. 🙂
DTS Connection object does not list "UseTrustedConnection" property
I am working on a...
2005-09-08
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In praise of three day weekends!
I guess it might be because I have been so busy for the last two months with the book, but this...
2005-09-05
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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...
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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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