System Base Tables
On January 19th, I published a post about the Dedicated Administrator Connection. I spoke very briefly of the system base...
2012-01-30
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SQL RNNR
System Base Tables
On January 19th, I published a post about the Dedicated Administrator Connection. I spoke very briefly of the system base tables in that article. Today, I want to dive...
2012-01-30
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Slammer, Alive…Barely
Slammer
By now you must have heard of the SQL Slammer worm. It was quite an infectious little nuisance. The harm...
2012-01-30 (first published: 2012-01-24)
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Slammer, Alive…Barely
By now you must have heard of the SQL Slammer worm. It was quite an infectious little nuisance. The harm it caused came largely due to unpatched, unprotected SQL...
2012-01-24
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S3OLV February 2012
Do you recognize this person?
If you are from the Colorado Springs area, you probably do. This is:
Troy Ketsdever (twitter)
Troy will...
2012-01-23
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S3OLV February 2012
Do you recognize this person? If you are from the Colorado Springs area, you probably do. This is: Troy Ketsdever (twitter) Troy will be presenting...
2012-01-23
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S3OLV – Jan 2012 Meeting Recap
Last week (Jan 12, 2012), we held the user group meeting for the SQL Server Society of Las Vegas (a.k.a...
2012-01-20
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S3OLV – Jan 2012 Meeting Recap
Last week (Jan 12, 2012), we held the user group meeting for the SQL Server Society of Las Vegas (a.k.a S3OLV or SSSOLV). Presenting at that meeting was Josh...
2012-01-20
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Dedicated Administrator Connection
Recently you may have read my article about some hidden functions in SQL Server. In that article you learned that...
2012-01-19
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Dedicated Administrator Connection
Recently you may have read my article about some hidden functions in SQL Server. In that article you learned that those functions were in some DMOs and that you...
2012-01-19
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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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