Enforcing T-SQL quality with SSDT Analysis Extensions
What? Simply put, it is possible to include checks in the SSDT (Sql Server Data Tools) build process - you come up with a set of rules or start...
2014-12-30
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Enforcing T-SQL quality with SSDT Analysis Extensions
What? Simply put, it is possible to include checks in the SSDT (Sql Server Data Tools) build process - you come...
2014-12-30
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Enforcing T-SQL quality with SSDT Analysis Extensions
What? Simply put, it is possible to include checks in the SSDT (Sql Server Data Tools) build process - you come...
2014-12-30
228 reads
Powershell – Copy the Latest Backup
I got an email recently where someone asked me how they can refresh a dev environment with Powershell. I guess...
2015-01-01 (first published: 2014-12-29)
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Brand Level Zero
It’s that time of year when people look back on the past year(s) and think about what they have and...
2014-12-29
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Finding a common AD group for a set of users.
I work for a large organization that over the last few years has been doing a LOT of reorgs. And...
2014-12-31 (first published: 2014-12-29)
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Do you want to build an Audit?
So I’ve written my second article for SQL Shack. This time instead of an overview of auditing options in sql...
2014-12-29
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SQL Server 2014 Best Practice: Set built-in Sysadmin(sa) account as an default owner of all databases on SQL Server instance
As we know, when we create database on SQL Server instance, SQL Server engine sets the login that created the database as the default database owner. This gives the...
2014-12-28
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SQL Server 2014 Best Practice: Set built-in Sysadmin(sa) account as an default owner of all databases on SQL Server instance
As we know, when we create database on SQL Server instance, SQL Server engine sets the login that created the...
2014-12-28
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Change Data Capture (CDC)–An easy way to track data changes of a database–TIP #79
In last TIP #78 we have discussed Change tracker (CT) which was introduced in SQL SERVER 2008. CT feature only...
2014-12-27
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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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