Goodness-of-Fit Testing with SQL Server Part 6.1: The Shapiro-Wilk Test
By Steve Bolton
…………Just as a good garage mechanic will fill his or her Craftsman with tools designed to fix specific...
2016-03-08 (first published: 2016-02-29)
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PowerShell – Backup Individual database and delete all it’s respective files by keeping a recent file
Problem Statement
The requirement is to backup individual database and after successful backup the script should retain the most recent file...
2016-03-09 (first published: 2016-02-29)
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Wait Statistics in Azure SQL Database
You need to be aware that you’re going to see differences when you’re working with Azure SQL Database when it...
2016-03-07 (first published: 2016-02-29)
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SQL Saturday Chicago Precon – SQL Server Infrastructure – This Friday
This Friday I will be holding a precon training session at the next SQL Saturday in Chicago called ‘SQL Server Infrastructure...
2016-02-29
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Blogger questions: How often should I blog?
What with the #sqlnewblogger effort we’ve been seeing a lot of new bloggers (and some old ones starting up again)...
2016-03-04 (first published: 2016-02-29)
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Goodbye Pragmatic Works
Normally when I write a blog, I start out will a Hello to my Dear Reader. Not today. This was almost a blog I didn't write because I...
2016-02-29
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Goodbye Pragmatic Works
Normally when I write a blog, I start out will a Hello to my Dear Reader. Not today. This was...
2016-02-29
986 reads
I/O Baseline Comparison – Idera Diagnostic Manager
What servers need the most attention when it comes to I/O? When I increase the memory on a server what effect does it have on I/O? What was it...
2016-02-29
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I/O Baseline Comparison – Idera Diagnostic Manager
What servers need the most attention when it comes to I/O? When I increase the memory on a server what...
2016-02-29
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Dynamic Data Masking
Here’s a new feature that I like very much: Limiting exposure of sensitive data like user emails, phone numbers, addresses,...
2016-03-04 (first published: 2016-02-29)
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Blogs
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...
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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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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