SQL Prompt – new features in version 6.x
I’ve been using SQL Prompt for years. In September 2013, version 6 was released (quickly followed by 6.1 in late...
2014-01-31 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #68
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-01-27
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What does “challenging” really mean?
I had lunch with an old friend last week. We hadn’t spoken in a while and we were catching up...
2014-01-27
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Quick tip, ever needed to manipulate SQL on many lines in SSMS? now you can….
Have you ever had the need to select values that are directly on the next line down but drag-and-drop selects...
2014-01-27
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Applied SQL: LIKE ‘whatever’
Today let’s play around with the LIKE operator. Like, totally. Like, Introduction Like “determines whether a specific character string matches...
2014-01-27
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PowerShell – Memory Details GUI Tool
This Powershell Memory GUI tool is used to fetch memory information from a computer. In the screen that follows, enter...
2014-01-31 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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Negative session_ids
I probably had the most fun all week when a query I was running came up blocked. Sounds strange right?...
2014-02-03 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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SSAS Trending KPI
KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) in Analysis Services are a great way to show visually if a measure is trending in...
2014-01-27
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Master Data Services for the Beginner Part 02
Introduction
In the first part of this discussion, I discussed step by step instructions pertaining to getting up and running with...
2014-01-29 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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Start/Stop Group of Azure VM's
If you've already configured your local machine's PowerShell environment to interact with your Azure subscription (see here: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/install-configure-powershell/), then you can...
2014-01-30 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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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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