Master Data Services for the Beginner Part 06
Introduction
The consumers of our data wish to be able to make stock and financial decisions from our data. Turning raw...
2014-02-02
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SQL Server Analysis Services – SSAS Fundamentals
SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Fundamentals
SSAS comes with your purchase of Microsoft’s SQL Server. It is a separate component and...
2014-02-02
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Hortonworks Makes HDP 2.0 for Windows Server Generally Available
Today, Hortonworks announced the general availability of the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 2.0 for Windows. This is the next release...
2014-02-02
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Transactions: Creating a single restore point across multiple databases.
This is a disaster and recovery trick I’ve found to be useful for developers with batch processes that hit multiple...
2014-02-02
1,390 reads
Some Great Big Data Sources
What kinds of data are exciting to you? Census and government data? Zombie Data? Marvel Comics? Time and time again...
2014-02-01
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Master Data Services for the Beginner Part 05
Introduction
In yesterday’s discussion we looked at creating a current flag, creating views and looking at some of our data. Today...
2014-02-01
1,922 reads
Dating Tips Part 1
This is the first in a series of dating tips, so if you need you’ve come to the right place.
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2014-02-01
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Powershell in a Month Day 14 – WMI
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in...
2014-01-31
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Honored to be added to SQLRockstar’s SQL Server blog rankings
Today I woke up to find that Thomas LaRock (blog | twitter | linkedin) has added me to his SQL Server Blogger...
2014-01-31
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Reblog: January 24 to January 30
Photo credit – Husso
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just...
2014-01-31
1,394 reads
Blogs
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...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
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The Hidden Security Risks of Role Combination in SSAS Tabular
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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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