Spring DevConnections 2012
Hello Dear Reader, this week finds me in beautiful Miami FL. Next week I’ll be in Vegas, for one night...
2012-03-21
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SQLBalls
I’m Going to SQL RALLY!
Hello Dear Reader, I’ve just received great news I’M HEADED TO SQL RALLY 2012! But I didn’t get here on...
2012-02-27
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SQL Rally 2012 Vote For Me!
Hello Dear Reader! Last year I tossed my hat in the ring on the world of Presenting. This was a...
2012-02-06
772 reads
Pragmatic Works Has Balls...SQLBalls
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That is right Dear Reader, I am making the jump, Starting Monday February 6th I will be a Sr. Consultant...
2012-02-03
924 reads
Thank You & Goodbye Publix
It's been a little quite here at SQLBalls.com Dear Reader, but business is about to pick up. There are a...
2012-02-02
781 reads
Nothing Changes If You Don't Volunteer
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Hello Dear Reader, last time on Day's of Our Lives there was an election, some people resigned, and other's...
2012-01-25
802 reads
You Should Never Use Backup Log Truncate_Only Except...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulhagon/369576792/I want to start this blog out with a Warning Dear Reader. The technique that I am going to describe...
2011-12-06
815 reads
What Opportunity Are You Looking For?
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A lot has been happening this year. I decided to throw my hat in the ring at being a blogger...
2011-11-28
747 reads
Presenting on SQL Internals, Recovery Models, & Backups! OH MY Today
Today I’m presenting “SQL Internals, Recovery Model’s, and Backups. OH MY!”, for Pragmatic Works. I did this presentation once before...
2011-11-01
500 reads
Tales from the Query Processor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/socal_jim/2070088596/Hello Dear Reader! I've been a bit behind on the blogging but wanted to give you a bit of a...
2011-10-31
1,514 reads
Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
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...
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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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