The End of the Mentoring Experiment
Back in April 2011 Steve Jones and I launched The Mentoring Experiment. We had some ideas and some goals, but...
2014-05-29
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We’re Giving Away SQLSaturday Orlando Vans!
We’re in full marketing mode here in Orlando, looking for ways to grow attendance for our next SQLSaturday coming up...
2014-05-29
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Handling Perfmon Logs with Relog
In a recent situation, I was tasked by a client to check one of their servers which they believed to...
2014-06-03 (first published: 2014-05-29)
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Auditing and Event SubClasses
A recent discussion got me to thinking about Auditing. To be honest, it got started with a complaint about some documentation that seemed overly light about the various fields...
2014-05-28
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Auditing and Event SubClasses
A recent discussion got me to thinking about Auditing. To be honest, it got started with a complaint about some...
2014-06-02 (first published: 2014-05-28)
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Do you apply SQL Server Cumulative Updates?
I think Steve Jones makes a great point here with respect to cumulative updates:
“This is one reason I’ve been hesitant...
2014-05-30 (first published: 2014-05-28)
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Speaking at MagicPASS Tonight
I’m back at MagicPASS tonight, delivering two presentations – one about credit card security using SQL Server and one about learning...
2014-05-28
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Webcast Follow-Up: Getting Started with Windows Azure and SQL Databases
Late last month, I delivered a webcast for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s. The session was titled Getting Started with Windows Azure...
2014-05-28
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Quick Tips–SQL Prompt Qualifying Columns
I love SQL Prompt, and think it’s a great productivity tool. Even before I worked at Red Gate, I love...
2014-05-30 (first published: 2014-05-28)
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Webcast Follow-Up: Leveraging Cloud for the Modern SQL Developer
Similar the post earlier today, I have a follow-up for another Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s session that I delivered last...
2014-05-28
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Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
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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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