October 2011 LV UG Meeting
Boo!
OK, so it really isn’t that scary. But it is that time of year and we happen to have something...
2011-10-11
720 reads
SQL RNNR
October 2011 LV UG Meeting
Boo! OK, so it really isn’t that scary. But it is that time of year and we happen to have something that could fix something that might be scary....
2011-10-11
14 reads
Data Head
Well, it’s official. I am a Data Head. It doesn’t change too much my level of geekiness. But I may...
2011-09-27
777 reads
Data Head
Well, it’s official. I am a Data Head. It doesn’t change too much my level of geekiness. But I may have to rethink one of the answers given during...
2011-09-27
14 reads
In The SQL News
There is a lot of stuff going on out there these days. I am looking forward to a few things....
2011-09-23
560 reads
In The SQL News
There is a lot of stuff going on out there these days. I am looking forward to a few things. And since I am looking forward to them, I...
2011-09-23
16 reads
September Performance Contest
This month SafePeak is sponsoring a contest centered around improving performance in SQL Server.
The host of the contest is my...
2011-09-21
1,093 reads
September Performance Contest
This month SafePeak is sponsoring a contest centered around improving performance in SQL Server. The host of the contest is my friend Robert Pearl. You can read the announcement...
2011-09-21
9 reads
Stored Procedures – Common Security Practice
In SQL Server a good practice is to access the data via calls through stored procedure. Have a look at...
2011-09-20
905 reads
Stored Procedures – Common Security Practice
In SQL Server a good practice is to access the data via calls through stored procedure. Have a look at the document available in that link. To further this...
2011-09-20
28 reads
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Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
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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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