Stupid T-SQL Tricks – Part 3: A Zodiacal SQL
Today we’ll learn how you can use T-SQL to calculate your zodiac sign from your birthdate.
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Script Corner - Date format
Every now and then we will need to convert datetime to string for display, and would you remember all the...
2015-04-16
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Mentoring starts
Just would like to take a moment to say thank you to Paul Randal, who is busy with his own...
2015-04-16
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Automated Restore Script Output for Ola Hallengren’s Maintenance Solution
Intro
This blog post is designed to be useful to two different audiences:
Those implementing Ola Hallengren’s Maintenance Solution for the first timeThose...
2015-04-16
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HammerDB Performance Collection with SQL Server
Recently, my friend Mike Fal ( b | t ) released a PowerShell script that can sample the counter inside SQL Server that...
2015-04-15
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SQL Prompt – Killing the Detail Box
I love SQL Prompt and use it constantly. When I don’t have it, my code writing process slows to spurts...
2015-04-15
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Have you tried DLM Dashboard?
DLM Dashboard is a new product from Redgate Software that’s free. Free as in beer, which should be attractive to...
2015-04-15
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Types of NoSQL databases
A NoSQL database provides a mechanism for storage and retrieval of data that is modeled in means other than the...
2015-04-15
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Quickly Check If SSL For SQL Is Enabled - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo quickly check SSL is configured on your SQL Server you can...
The post Quickly Check If SSL...
2015-04-15
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Deleting Files Older than X Hours with PowerShell
(aka "OMG I can't believe I am actually finally writing a #PowerShell blog post").
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I currently have a situation at a...
2015-04-15
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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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