Speaking at Connections
I just got my acceptance to the DevConnections, SQLConnections in September for two sessions:
Continuous Integration for DatabasesMaintaining High Performance When...
2014-04-30
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SQL #53 – Keyboard shortcut Alt + F1 works now in SSMS 2012
Keyboard shortcut Alt + F1 works now
SSMS has a rich set of keyboard shortcuts that works by default. But in SSMS...
2014-04-30
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And I wonder, where that column is?
I wouldn't have decided to write this post if I didn't see my boss at one of my previous jobs...
2014-04-30
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The Cardinality Estimator in SQL Server 2014 – Going Forward and Backward
I saw a talk from Joe Sack (b | t) on the cardinality estimator (CE) in SQL Server 2014 and found...
2014-05-08 (first published: 2014-04-30)
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Decks & Demos Live
Hello Dear Reader! Just a quick update. I've been traveling a lot and I'm behind in posting some Decks & Demos....
2014-04-30
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Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 3
Not to short change fund raising, but the toughest goal to meet for this year is registration/attendance if we’re going...
2014-04-30
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Modern Data Warehousing Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Modern Data Warehousing” on Saturday at the PASS SQLSaturday Business Analytics edition in Dallas...
2014-04-30
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A New Stressor
I tend to be amused when I run into something that causes me stress because I like to think – foolishly...
2014-04-30
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DBA Myths: TRUNCATE TABLE deletes all the rows of a table instantly.
Most DBAs and developers I’ve talked to over the years have felt that TRUNCATE TABLE is an instant DELETE. However...
2014-04-30
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ERROR OPENING SSRS REPORT MANAGER IN INTERNET EXPLORER
Writing this post only for internet explorer as not aware of the settings of other browsers such as chrome/mozilla.
To be...
2014-04-30
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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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