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SQL Server Citation - SQL Blog by Hemantgiri S. Goswami, SQL MVP
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Resolve Microsoft SQL Server Error Code 824
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Problems When Running DBCC SHRINKFILE On SQL Server Database
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2016-06-30 (first published: 2016-06-24)
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SQLPASS SUMMIT 2016 Discount Code
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How to Recover Data From Corrupted Log File In SQL Server ?
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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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