SQL SERVER ON LINUX INSTALLATION – PART4 – Install SQL Server Tools on Ubuntu – Updated!
Installing SQL Server on Linux does not install SQL Server tools by default. You have to install it individually. In...
2017-06-13
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SQL Geek
SQL Server 2017 – DMF – sys.dm_db_log_info
The release of Microsoft SQL Server 2017 brought a lot of very interesting new features. One of them is the...
2017-06-12
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Top Function – Performance Gain
Recently, I presented at Singapore SQL Pass Chapter on the topic T-SQL Fun, and the most of the attendees were...
2017-06-05
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Log File Space Issue Monitoring Using SQL Server DMV
As a continuation of “Database Monitoring using DMV” series, this blog will cover how quickly you can address the log...
2017-06-14 (first published: 2017-05-31)
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SQL Server 2017 sys.dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives
In SQL Server 2017, you can use the new DMV sys.dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives to identify free disk space. The DMV is replacement...
2017-05-15
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SQL Server 2017 – The operating system returned the error 21
Recently, I was exploring SQL Server 2017 CTP 2.0 using SQL Server Management Studio V17. Till the time, I was...
2017-05-15
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Setting Up a Subscription
In the last two blogs, we went through Configure Distribution Database and Publication Creation. If you haven’t read them, I...
2017-05-10
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Setting Up a Publication for Transaction Replication
In the previous blog, we discussed how to Configure Distribution Database. Once you setup your Distribution database successfully, you can...
2017-05-09
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Configure Distribution Database
In this blog, we are going to learn about the Distribution database, how to configure the Distribution database, and how...
2017-05-18 (first published: 2017-05-06)
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SQL Database File Wise Disk Space Monitoring
As a DBA, you get alerts many times regarding the database file space issue. To address the issue, you may...
2017-04-21
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Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
The Goldilocks problem – Materialized Views
I’m sure you’ve all heard the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but...
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
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SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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How We Handled a Vendor Retry That Loaded Twice in Snowflake
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Cognitive Coverage
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Question of the Day
Getting the Average
I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers